Bloomer, WI
Bloomer, WI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Bloomer sits at the 7th 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 1,992 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Bloomer at the 7th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
83.8% of Bloomer's 1,992 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 16.2% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
How Bloomer compares
Bloomer scores 7th nationally and 2nd 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, Bloomer ranks 29,487 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,507 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 794 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Bloomer
Bloomer's low wildfire rating (7th 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 Bloomer
Bloomer's 83.8% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Bloomer's figures come from
Bloomer's 7th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Bloomer's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.