Bangor, WI
Bangor, WI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Bangor sits at the 20th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 752 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Bangor's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 21st percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
89.9% of Bangor's 752 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 10.1% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Bangor against the rest of the country
Bangor scores 20th nationally and 30th within Wisconsin — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bangor ranks 25,324 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,109 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 566 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Bangor and the insurance market
At the 20th national percentile, Bangor 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
Bangor's 89.9% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Bangor's 20th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Bangor, see the exposure-zones guide.