Arkansaw, WI
Arkansaw, WI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Arkansaw lands at the 20th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 143 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Arkansaw at the 21st percentile, close to its 20th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Arkansaw's buildings (54.6% of 143) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
How Arkansaw compares
Arkansaw's risk sits at a similar level relative to Wisconsin (30th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (20th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Arkansaw ranks 25,292 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,184 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 561 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Arkansaw and the insurance market
Arkansaw's low wildfire rating (20th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
Arkansaw's 54.6% 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 Arkansaw's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 143 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Arkansaw. The exposure-zones guide covers what Arkansaw's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.