Riverland, MN
How exposed is Riverland to wildfire?
USFS scores Riverland at the 56th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 45 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 Riverland at the 56th percentile, close to its 56th-percentile risk score.
Riverland's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Riverland's 45 counted buildings, 88.9% carry Direct exposure and only 11.1% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Riverland ranks
Compare Riverland's two percentiles: 83rd within Minnesota, only 56th nationally — a gap of 26 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Riverland ranks 13,736 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 31,044 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 162 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Riverland
At the 56th national percentile, Riverland rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 88.9% of Riverland in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Riverland's 56th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Riverland, see the exposure-zones guide.