Adell, WI
Adell, WI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Adell sits at the 20th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 308 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Adell's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 20th percentile nationally.
Where Adell's buildings actually sit
Only 20.5% of Adell's 308 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 79.6% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Adell against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Adell's 20th national percentile and its 30th percentile inside Wisconsin, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Adell ranks 25,323 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,433 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 565 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Adell and the insurance market
Adell's low rating (20th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Adell's 79.6% 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 Adell's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Adell's 25,323-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Adell's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.