Burlington, WI
Burlington, WI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Burlington sits at the 33rd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 4,424 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Burlington at the 33rd percentile, close to its 33rd-percentile risk score.
Where Burlington's buildings actually sit
4,424 buildings are counted in Burlington, and 61.8% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 12.7% in Direct exposure or the 25.5% rated Minimal.
Burlington against the rest of the country
Burlington's 75th-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, Burlington ranks 21,195 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,859 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 206 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
At the 33rd national percentile, Burlington rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 61.8% of Burlington'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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 4,424 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Burlington. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Burlington, see the exposure-zones guide.