Stacy, MN
Stacy wildfire risk explained
Stacy's 2,772 buildings earn a 66th-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.)
Separately from the risk score above, Stacy's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 61st percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 81.4% of Stacy's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 18.6% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 2,257 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Stacy compares
Compare Stacy's two percentiles: 91st within Minnesota, only 66th nationally — a gap of 25 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Stacy ranks 10,621 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,821 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 83 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Stacy
Stacy's high rating (66th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
What would actually reduce this score
Stacy's 81.4% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,772 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Stacy. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Stacy, see the exposure-zones guide.