Downing, WI
Downing, WI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Downing lands at the 20th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 213 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Downing at the 20th percentile, close to its 20th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
49.8% of Downing's 213 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 44.6% Direct and 5.6% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Downing compares
Downing's risk sits at a similar level relative to Wisconsin (31st percentile statewide) as it does nationally (20th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Downing ranks 25,263 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,384 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 559 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Downing
Downing's low rating (20th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 49.8% of Downing'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 213 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Downing. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Downing, see the exposure-zones guide.