Rockville, MN
How exposed is Rockville to wildfire?
Rockville's 1,818 buildings earn a 52nd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Rockville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 50th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Rockville: 61.1% of its 1,818 buildings, versus 8.4% Indirect and 30.5% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Rockville ranks
Within Minnesota, Rockville ranks higher (77th percentile) than it does nationally (52nd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rockville ranks 15,192 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,013 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 215 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Rockville's elevated rating (52nd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Rockville
Because Direct exposure dominates in Rockville (61.1%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Rockville's 15,192-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Rockville, see the exposure-zones guide.