Taunton, MN
Taunton wildfire risk explained
Taunton sits at the 26th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 157 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Taunton at the 19th percentile, close to its 26th-percentile risk score.
Taunton's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 79% of Taunton's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 21% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
How Taunton compares
Taunton scores 26th nationally and 31st 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, Taunton ranks 23,326 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,570 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 635 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
Taunton and the insurance market
Taunton's moderate wildfire rating (26th 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
With 79% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Taunton gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Taunton's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Taunton's 23,326-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Taunton's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.