Riverdale, ND
Riverdale wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Riverdale lands at the 51st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 388 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Riverdale at the 50th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
388 buildings are counted in Riverdale, and 70.6% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 29.4% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
How Riverdale compares
There's little gap between Riverdale's 51st national percentile and its 56th percentile inside North Dakota, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Riverdale ranks 15,326 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,449 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Dakota alone, it ranks 179 of 402 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Dakota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Riverdale
Riverdale's elevated wildfire rating (51st 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 Riverdale
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Riverdale (70.6% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 388 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Riverdale. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Riverdale, see the exposure-zones guide.