Wildrose, ND
How exposed is Wildrose to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Wildrose at the 7th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 182 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Wildrose at the 6th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Wildrose's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 79.7% of Wildrose's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 20.3% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
How Wildrose compares
Wildrose's risk sits at a similar level relative to North Dakota (1st percentile statewide) as it does nationally (7th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Wildrose ranks 29,196 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,553 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Dakota alone, it ranks 398 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
Wildrose's low rating (7th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
With 79.7% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Wildrose gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Wildrose's figures come from
Wildrose's 7th-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 Wildrose's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.