Wolf Lake, MN
Wolf Lake, MN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Wolf Lake at the 63rd national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 54 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Wolf Lake at the 61st national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Wolf Lake's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Wolf Lake's 54 counted buildings, 100% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Wolf Lake ranks
Compare Wolf Lake's two percentiles: 88th within Minnesota, only 63rd nationally — a gap of 25 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Wolf Lake ranks 11,725 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,817 by building count (1 is largest). Within Minnesota alone, it ranks 110 of 914 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Minnesota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Wolf Lake
Wolf Lake's high rating (63rd 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.
Hardening a home in Wolf Lake
Wolf Lake's 100% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Wolf Lake's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Wolf Lake's 11,725-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Wolf Lake's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.