Rocklake, ND
How exposed is Rocklake to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Rocklake at the 86th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 162 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 Rocklake at the 86th percentile, close to its 86th-percentile risk score.
Where Rocklake's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Rocklake (80.3% of 162 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 18.5% sit in the Direct zone.
How Rocklake compares
Rocklake scores 86th nationally and 98th 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, Rocklake ranks 4,325 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,349 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Dakota alone, it ranks 9 of 402 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Dakota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Rocklake
Rocklake's very high rating (86th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 80.3% of Rocklake'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.
Where Rocklake's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Rocklake's 4,325-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Rocklake's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.