Bluffview, WI
Bluffview wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Bluffview 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 187 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Bluffview at the 33rd national percentile — 3 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
187 buildings are counted in Bluffview, and 94.1% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 5.9% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Bluffview against the rest of the country
Within Wisconsin, Bluffview ranks higher (64th percentile) than it does nationally (30th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bluffview ranks 22,047 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,376 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 291 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Bluffview and the insurance market
Bluffview's moderate rating (30th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Bluffview
Because 94.1% of Bluffview's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Bluffview's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 187 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Bluffview. The exposure-zones guide covers what Bluffview's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.