Cassville, WI
How exposed is Cassville to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Cassville lands at the 26th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 703 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Cassville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 26th percentile nationally.
Where Cassville's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 86.5% of Cassville's 703 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 9.4% Direct and 4.1% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Cassville against the rest of the country
Compare Cassville's two percentiles: 52nd within Wisconsin, only 26th nationally — a gap of 26 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Cassville ranks 23,401 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,629 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 390 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Cassville
At the 26th national percentile, Cassville rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Cassville (86.5% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Cassville's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Cassville's 23,401-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Cassville's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.