Big Falls, WI
How exposed is Big Falls to wildfire?
Big Falls's 100 buildings earn a 31st-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.)
Separately from the risk score above, Big Falls's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 32nd percentile nationally.
Where Big Falls's buildings actually sit
100 buildings are counted in Big Falls, and 92% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Where Big Falls ranks
Within Wisconsin, Big Falls ranks higher (69th percentile) than it does nationally (31st) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Big Falls ranks 21,636 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,063 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 251 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Big Falls and the insurance market
Big Falls's moderate wildfire rating (31st 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.
Hardening a home in Big Falls
Because Direct exposure dominates in Big Falls (92%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Big Falls's 31st-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Big Falls, see the exposure-zones guide.