Crivitz, WI
Crivitz wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Crivitz at the 21st national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 787 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Crivitz at the 21st national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
787 buildings are counted in Crivitz, and 62.6% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 37.4% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Crivitz ranks
Crivitz's risk sits at a similar level relative to Wisconsin (34th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (21st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Crivitz ranks 24,913 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,753 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 529 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Crivitz and the insurance market
At the 21st national percentile, Crivitz rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Crivitz
Crivitz's 62.6% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Crivitz's 21st-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Crivitz, see the exposure-zones guide.