Rothsay, MN
Rothsay, MN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Rothsay at the 8th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 341 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 Rothsay at the 7th percentile, close to its 8th-percentile risk score.
Where Rothsay's buildings actually sit
Most of Rothsay's buildings (83.3% of 341) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Where Rothsay ranks
There's little gap between Rothsay's 8th national percentile and its 11th percentile inside Minnesota, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rothsay ranks 28,971 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,552 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 811 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Rothsay
Rothsay's low wildfire rating (8th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Rothsay
With 83.3% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Rothsay gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Rothsay's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 341 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Rothsay. The exposure-zones guide covers what Rothsay's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.