Reynolds, ND
Reynolds wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Reynolds at the 24th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 253 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 Reynolds at the 22nd percentile, close to its 24th-percentile risk score.
Reynolds's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Reynolds's buildings (76.3% of 253) 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 Reynolds ranks
Inside North Dakota, Reynolds sits at just the 8th percentile even though it scores 24th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Reynolds ranks 23,869 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,051 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Dakota alone, it ranks 370 of 402 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Dakota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Reynolds
Reynolds's moderate wildfire rating (24th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Reynolds's 76.3% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Reynolds's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Reynolds's 23,869-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Reynolds's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.