Wabasso, MN
Wabasso wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Wabasso lands at the 1st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 466 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Wabasso at the 1st percentile, close to its 1st-percentile risk score.
Wabasso's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Wabasso's buildings (93.1% of 466) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Where Wabasso ranks
There's little gap between Wabasso's 1st national percentile and its 1st percentile inside Minnesota, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Wabasso ranks 31,246 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,961 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 907 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 1st national percentile, Wabasso 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 93.1% of Wabasso 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 466 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Wabasso. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Wabasso, see the exposure-zones guide.