Thompson, ND
Thompson, ND's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Thompson at the 23rd national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 538 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Thompson's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 21st percentile nationally.
Where Thompson's buildings actually sit
Only 14.7% of Thompson's 538 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 85.3% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Thompson against the rest of the country
Thompson ranks lower within North Dakota (8th percentile statewide) than its 23rd national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Thompson ranks 24,367 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,756 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Dakota alone, it ranks 372 of 402 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Dakota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Thompson
Thompson's moderate wildfire rating (23rd 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 85.3% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Thompson gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Thompson's 24,367-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Thompson, see the exposure-zones guide.