St. Augusta, MN
St. Augusta wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, St. Augusta lands at the 54th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 2,417 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts St. Augusta at the 51st percentile, close to its 54th-percentile risk score.
St. Augusta's building exposure, zone by zone
2,417 buildings are counted in St. Augusta, and 62.8% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 8.4% rated Minimal.
How St. Augusta compares
St. Augusta's 79th-percentile standing inside Minnesota outpaces its 54th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, St. Augusta ranks 14,628 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,468 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 195 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
St. Augusta and the insurance market
St. Augusta's elevated wildfire rating (54th 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 Direct exposure dominates in St. Augusta (62.8%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where St. Augusta's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,417 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for St. Augusta. The exposure-zones guide covers what St. Augusta's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.