Rollingstone, MN
Rollingstone wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Rollingstone lands at the 30th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 332 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Rollingstone at the 31st national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
61.8% of Rollingstone's 332 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 38.3% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Rollingstone ranks
Rollingstone's risk sits at a similar level relative to Minnesota (37th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (30th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rollingstone ranks 21,932 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,761 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 578 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
Rollingstone and the insurance market
At the 30th national percentile, Rollingstone rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 61.8% of Rollingstone'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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Rollingstone's 21,932-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Rollingstone, see the exposure-zones guide.