Boulder Junction, WI
How exposed is Boulder Junction to wildfire?
USFS scores Boulder Junction at the 13th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 311 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Boulder Junction's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 12th percentile nationally.
Where Boulder Junction's buildings actually sit
311 buildings are counted in Boulder Junction, and 65.6% 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.
How Boulder Junction compares
Boulder Junction's risk sits at a similar level relative to Wisconsin (12th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (13th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Boulder Junction ranks 27,469 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,363 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 710 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Boulder Junction's low rating (13th 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 Boulder Junction
With 65.6% of Boulder Junction in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 311 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Boulder Junction. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Boulder Junction, see the exposure-zones guide.