Rolla, ND
Rolla, ND's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Rolla's 746 buildings earn a 75th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Rolla at the 71st percentile, close to its 75th-percentile risk score.
Rolla's building exposure, zone by zone
93.2% of Rolla's 746 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 6.8% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
How Rolla compares
Within North Dakota, Rolla ranks higher (91st percentile) than it does nationally (75th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rolla ranks 7,883 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,166 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Dakota alone, it ranks 36 of 402 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Dakota on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Rolla's high rating (75th 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.
Hardening a home in Rolla
Even with 93.2% of Rolla outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Rolla's 7,883-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Rolla, see the exposure-zones guide.