Alma Center, WI
Alma Center, WI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Alma Center's 322 buildings earn a 16th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Alma Center at the 16th national percentile — 0 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
75.8% of Alma Center's 322 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 24.2% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Alma Center against the rest of the country
Alma Center scores 16th nationally and 18th within Wisconsin — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Alma Center ranks 26,617 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,051 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 658 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Alma Center and the insurance market
Alma Center's low rating (16th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Alma Center
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Alma Center (75.8% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 322 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Alma Center. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Alma Center, see the exposure-zones guide.