Almena, WI
How exposed is Almena to wildfire?
Almena's 468 buildings earn a 11th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Almena's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 11th percentile nationally.
Where Almena's buildings actually sit
Only 25.9% of Almena's 468 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 74.2% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
How Almena compares
There's little gap between Almena's 11th national percentile and its 8th percentile inside Wisconsin, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Almena ranks 28,037 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,932 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 741 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Almena's low rating (11th 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
Almena's 74.2% 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 Almena's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Almena's 28,037-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Almena's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.