Wabasha, MN
Wabasha wildfire risk explained
Wabasha sits at the 29th 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 1,717 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Wabasha's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 29th percentile nationally.
Wabasha's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Wabasha (73.7% of 1,717 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 23.4% sit in the Direct zone.
Wabasha against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Wabasha's 29th national percentile and its 35th percentile inside Minnesota, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Wabasha ranks 22,470 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,360 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 597 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 29th national percentile, Wabasha rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 73.7% of Wabasha's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Wabasha's 22,470-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Wabasha, see the exposure-zones guide.