Arlington, WI
Arlington wildfire risk explained
Arlington's 381 buildings earn a 8th-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, Arlington's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 7th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Only 5% of Arlington's 381 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 95% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Arlington against the rest of the country
Arlington's risk sits at a similar level relative to Wisconsin (3rd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (8th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Arlington ranks 29,140 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,636 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 780 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 8th national percentile, Arlington rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Arlington's 95% 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 381 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Arlington. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Arlington, see the exposure-zones guide.