Springfield, MN
Springfield, MN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Springfield at the 12th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 1,331 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Springfield at the 10th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Springfield's building exposure, zone by zone
90.1% of Springfield's 1,331 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 9.9% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where Springfield ranks
Springfield scores 12th nationally and 15th within Minnesota — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Springfield ranks 27,862 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,923 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 775 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
Springfield and the insurance market
Springfield's low rating (12th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 90.1% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Springfield gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Springfield's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Springfield's 27,862-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Springfield's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.