Strandquist, MN
Strandquist wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Strandquist at the 89th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 109 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Strandquist at the 90th percentile, close to its 89th-percentile risk score.
Strandquist's building exposure, zone by zone
52.3% of Strandquist's 109 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 47.7% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Strandquist against the rest of the country
Strandquist scores 89th nationally and 99th 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, Strandquist ranks 3,470 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,661 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 7 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Strandquist
At the 89th percentile nationally, Strandquist carries the very 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 Strandquist
Strandquist's 52.3% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Strandquist's 3,470-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Strandquist, see the exposure-zones guide.