Trimont, MN
Trimont wildfire risk explained
Trimont's 478 buildings earn a 12th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Trimont at the 8th percentile, close to its 12th-percentile risk score.
Where Trimont's buildings actually sit
Trimont rates 79.1% Minimal exposure against just 20.9% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 478 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Trimont against the rest of the country
Trimont's risk sits at a similar level relative to Minnesota (16th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (12th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Trimont ranks 27,675 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,745 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 766 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Trimont
At the 12th national percentile, Trimont rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Even with 79.1% of Trimont 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 Trimont's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Trimont's 27,675-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Trimont's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.