Willernie, MN
How exposed is Willernie to wildfire?
Willernie's 304 buildings earn a 43rd-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.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Willernie at the 44th percentile, close to its 43rd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Willernie rates 78.3% Minimal exposure against just 21.7% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 304 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Where Willernie ranks
Compare Willernie's two percentiles: 61st within Minnesota, only 43rd nationally — a gap of 18 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Willernie ranks 17,870 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,522 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 360 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Willernie
Willernie's elevated rating (43rd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Willernie
With 78.3% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Willernie gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Willernie's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 304 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Willernie. The exposure-zones guide covers what Willernie's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.