Walhalla, ND
How exposed is Walhalla to wildfire?
Walhalla's 762 buildings earn a 56th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Walhalla's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 56th percentile nationally.
Walhalla's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Walhalla (84.7% of 762 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 14.6% sit in the Direct zone.
How Walhalla compares
Walhalla scores 56th nationally and 65th within North Dakota — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Walhalla ranks 13,845 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,998 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Dakota alone, it ranks 141 of 402 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Dakota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Walhalla
Walhalla's elevated wildfire rating (56th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Walhalla (84.7% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Walhalla's 13,845-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Walhalla, see the exposure-zones guide.