Winger, MN
Winger, MN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Winger lands at the 64th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 178 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Winger at the 60th national percentile — 3 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Only 30.3% of Winger's 178 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 69.7% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Where Winger ranks
Within Minnesota, Winger ranks higher (89th percentile) than it does nationally (64th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Winger ranks 11,502 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,717 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 104 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
Winger and the insurance market
Winger's high rating (64th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
What would actually reduce this score
Winger's 69.7% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Winger's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 178 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Winger. The exposure-zones guide covers what Winger's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.