Trenton, ND
Trenton wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Trenton at the 78th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 418 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 Trenton at the 77th percentile, close to its 78th-percentile risk score.
Trenton's building exposure, zone by zone
418 buildings are counted in Trenton, and 60.3% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 39.7% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Trenton against the rest of the country
Compare Trenton's two percentiles: 94th within North Dakota, only 78th nationally — a gap of 16 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Trenton ranks 6,876 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,865 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Dakota alone, it ranks 26 of 402 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Dakota on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Trenton's high rating (78th 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
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Trenton (60.3% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Trenton's figures come from
Trenton's 78th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Trenton's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.