Sharon, ND
Sharon wildfire risk explained
Sharon's 129 buildings earn a 46th-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, Sharon's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 43rd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in Sharon (69.8% of 129 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 30.2% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Sharon ranks
Sharon's risk sits at a similar level relative to North Dakota (42nd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (46th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Sharon ranks 16,903 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,763 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Dakota alone, it ranks 235 of 402 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Dakota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Sharon
Sharon's elevated wildfire rating (46th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 69.8% of Sharon'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 Sharon's 16,903-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Sharon, see the exposure-zones guide.