Selfridge, ND
Selfridge wildfire risk explained
Selfridge sits at the 66th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 252 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Selfridge at the 63rd national percentile — 3 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Selfridge's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Selfridge (51.2% of 252 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 48.8% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Selfridge ranks
Within North Dakota, Selfridge ranks higher (83rd percentile) than it does nationally (66th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Selfridge ranks 10,818 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,082 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Dakota alone, it ranks 68 of 402 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Dakota on its state page.
Selfridge and the insurance market
Selfridge's 66th-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 51.2% of Selfridge'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 Selfridge's figures come from
Selfridge's 66th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Selfridge's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.