Strasburg, ND
How exposed is Strasburg to wildfire?
USFS scores Strasburg at the 56th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 367 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Strasburg at the 50th national percentile — 6 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Strasburg's buildings (95.6% of 367) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
How Strasburg compares
Strasburg's risk sits at a similar level relative to North Dakota (66th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (56th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Strasburg ranks 13,815 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,929 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Dakota alone, it ranks 138 of 402 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Dakota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Strasburg
Strasburg's elevated rating (56th 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
Even with 95.6% of Strasburg outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Strasburg's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Strasburg's 13,815-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Strasburg's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.