Brodhead, WI
How exposed is Brodhead to wildfire?
Brodhead sits at the 19th 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 1,971 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Brodhead's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 19th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 94.1% of Brodhead's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 5.9% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Where Brodhead ranks
There's little gap between Brodhead's 19th national percentile and its 27th percentile inside Wisconsin, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Brodhead ranks 25,610 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,561 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 593 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Brodhead
Brodhead's low wildfire rating (19th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Even with 94.1% of Brodhead outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Brodhead's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Brodhead's 25,610-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Brodhead's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.