Cable, WI
How exposed is Cable to wildfire?
Cable's 279 buildings earn a 28th-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.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Cable at the 27th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Cable's buildings actually sit
64.5% of Cable's 279 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 180 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 35.5% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How Cable compares
Compare Cable's two percentiles: 56th within Wisconsin, only 28th nationally — a gap of 29 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Cable ranks 22,804 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,247 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 351 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Cable
Cable's moderate wildfire rating (28th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Cable (64.5%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Cable's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Cable's 22,804-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Cable's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.