Antigo, WI
Antigo, WI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Antigo's 4,588 buildings earn a 15th-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 Antigo at the 14th 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
55.5% of Antigo's 4,588 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 17.2% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
How Antigo compares
There's little gap between Antigo's 15th national percentile and its 16th percentile inside Wisconsin, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Antigo ranks 26,870 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,714 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 677 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
At the 15th national percentile, Antigo rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Antigo
Even with 55.5% of Antigo outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Antigo's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 4,588 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Antigo. The exposure-zones guide covers what Antigo's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.