Petersburg, ND
Petersburg, ND's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Petersburg sits at the 60th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 173 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Petersburg at the 54th percentile, close to its 60th-percentile risk score.
Petersburg's building exposure, zone by zone
42.8% of Petersburg's 173 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 34.7% Direct and 22.5% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Petersburg against the rest of the country
Petersburg scores 60th nationally and 74th within North Dakota — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Petersburg ranks 12,583 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,909 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Dakota alone, it ranks 106 of 402 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Dakota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Petersburg
At the 60th percentile nationally, Petersburg carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Hardening a home in Petersburg
Because 42.8% of Petersburg's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Petersburg's 12,583-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Petersburg, see the exposure-zones guide.