Ypsilanti, ND
How exposed is Ypsilanti to wildfire?
Ypsilanti sits at the 53rd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 129 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Ypsilanti at the 51st percentile, close to its 53rd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Ypsilanti's buildings (55%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Ypsilanti against the rest of the country
Ypsilanti scores 53rd nationally and 60th within North Dakota — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Ypsilanti ranks 14,728 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,764 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Dakota alone, it ranks 163 of 402 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Dakota on its state page.
Ypsilanti and the insurance market
At the 53rd national percentile, Ypsilanti rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Ypsilanti (55% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Ypsilanti's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Ypsilanti's 14,728-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Ypsilanti's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.