Shevlin, MN
How exposed is Shevlin to wildfire?
Shevlin's 187 buildings earn a 63rd-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 Shevlin at the 60th percentile, close to its 63rd-percentile risk score.
Shevlin's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Shevlin: 66.8% of its 187 buildings, versus 33.2% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Shevlin ranks
Compare Shevlin's two percentiles: 88th within Minnesota, only 63rd nationally — a gap of 25 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Shevlin ranks 11,754 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,352 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 111 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 63rd percentile nationally, Shevlin carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Hardening a home in Shevlin
With 66.8% of Shevlin in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Shevlin's 11,754-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Shevlin, see the exposure-zones guide.