Wimbledon, ND
Wimbledon wildfire risk explained
Wimbledon sits at the 62nd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 265 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Wimbledon at the 62nd national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Wimbledon's buildings actually sit
69.4% of Wimbledon's 265 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 30.6% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Wimbledon compares
Within North Dakota, Wimbledon ranks higher (79th percentile) than it does nationally (62nd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Wimbledon ranks 11,859 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,674 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Dakota alone, it ranks 85 of 402 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Dakota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Wimbledon
Wimbledon's 62nd-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Wimbledon's 69.4% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Wimbledon's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 265 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Wimbledon. The exposure-zones guide covers what Wimbledon's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.