Arpin, WI
How exposed is Arpin to wildfire?
Arpin's 275 buildings earn a 32nd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Arpin at the 32nd percentile, close to its 32nd-percentile risk score.
Where Arpin's buildings actually sit
68.4% of Arpin's 275 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 188 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 31.6% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How Arpin compares
Within Wisconsin, Arpin ranks higher (70th percentile) than it does nationally (32nd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Arpin ranks 21,542 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,376 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 245 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Arpin
At the 32nd national percentile, Arpin rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
With 68.4% of Arpin in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 275 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Arpin. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Arpin, see the exposure-zones guide.