Athens, WI
Athens, WI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Athens's 696 buildings earn a 17th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Athens at the 17th percentile, close to its 17th-percentile risk score.
Where Athens's buildings actually sit
Only 47.8% of Athens's 696 buildings carry Direct exposure and 4.2% carry Indirect; the remaining 48% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
How Athens compares
There's little gap between Athens's 17th national percentile and its 22nd percentile inside Wisconsin, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Athens ranks 26,271 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,714 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 633 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Athens
At the 17th national percentile, Athens rates low 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 48% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Athens gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Athens's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 696 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Athens. The exposure-zones guide covers what Athens's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.