Batavia, WI
How exposed is Batavia to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Batavia lands at the 30th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 162 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Batavia at the 31st national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Batavia's buildings actually sit
162 buildings are counted in Batavia, and 86.4% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 13.6% rated Minimal.
Where Batavia ranks
Compare Batavia's two percentiles: 64th within Wisconsin, only 30th nationally — a gap of 34 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Batavia ranks 22,045 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,361 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 289 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Batavia
Batavia's moderate wildfire rating (30th 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
Batavia's 86.4% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Batavia's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 162 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Batavia. The exposure-zones guide covers what Batavia's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.