Perley, MN
How exposed is Perley to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Perley at the 20th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 117 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Perley at the 18th percentile, close to its 20th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Perley's buildings (83.8% of 117) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Where Perley ranks
Perley's risk sits at a similar level relative to Minnesota (24th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (20th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Perley ranks 25,222 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,309 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 698 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Perley
Perley's low wildfire rating (20th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Perley
With 83.8% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Perley gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Perley's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Perley's 25,222-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Perley's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.