Amherst Junction, WI
Amherst Junction, WI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Amherst Junction lands at the 22nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 251 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Amherst Junction at the 22nd national percentile — 1 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
63.8% of Amherst Junction's 251 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 160 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 36.3% are Minimal.
Where Amherst Junction ranks
Amherst Junction's 39th-percentile standing inside Wisconsin outpaces its 22nd national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Amherst Junction ranks 24,473 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,123 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 488 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Amherst Junction
Amherst Junction's moderate rating (22nd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Amherst Junction's 63.8% 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 Amherst Junction's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Amherst Junction's 24,473-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Amherst Junction's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.