Wishek, ND
Wishek wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Wishek at the 61st national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 831 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Wishek at the 52nd percentile, close to its 61st-percentile risk score.
Wishek's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Wishek (91.5% of 831 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 8.5% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Wishek ranks
Within North Dakota, Wishek ranks higher (77th percentile) than it does nationally (61st) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Wishek ranks 12,243 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,337 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Dakota alone, it ranks 97 of 402 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Dakota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Wishek
At the 61st percentile nationally, Wishek carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 91.5% of Wishek's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Wishek's 12,243-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Wishek, see the exposure-zones guide.