Wilton, ND
Wilton wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Wilton at the 34th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 570 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Wilton's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 30th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Wilton rates 88.1% Minimal exposure against just 11.9% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 570 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Wilton against the rest of the country
Inside North Dakota, Wilton sits at just the 16th percentile even though it scores 34th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Wilton ranks 20,834 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,254 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Dakota alone, it ranks 340 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
At the 34th national percentile, Wilton rates moderate 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 88.1% of Wilton 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 570 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Wilton. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Wilton, see the exposure-zones guide.