Boaz, WI
Boaz, WI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Boaz's 149 buildings earn a 33rd-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.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Boaz at the 35th percentile, close to its 33rd-percentile risk score.
Boaz's building exposure, zone by zone
67.1% of Boaz's 149 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 32.9% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Boaz ranks
Boaz's 76th-percentile standing inside Wisconsin outpaces its 33rd national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Boaz ranks 21,008 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,936 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 198 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Boaz and the insurance market
Boaz's moderate rating (33rd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Boaz (67.1% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Boaz's 21,008-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Boaz, see the exposure-zones guide.