Reeder, ND
How exposed is Reeder to wildfire?
USFS scores Reeder at the 49th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 203 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Reeder at the 48th percentile, close to its 49th-percentile risk score.
Where Reeder's buildings actually sit
Most of Reeder's buildings (89.7%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
How Reeder compares
Reeder's risk sits at a similar level relative to North Dakota (49th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (49th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Reeder ranks 16,014 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,740 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Dakota alone, it ranks 204 of 402 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Dakota on its state page.
Reeder and the insurance market
Reeder's elevated rating (49th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Reeder (89.7% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Reeder's figures come from
Reeder's 49th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Reeder's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.