Downsville, WI
Downsville, WI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Downsville at the 19th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 107 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Downsville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 20th percentile nationally.
Downsville's building exposure, zone by zone
62.6% of Downsville's 107 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 37.4% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Downsville compares
There's little gap between Downsville's 19th national percentile and its 28th percentile inside Wisconsin, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Downsville ranks 25,514 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,757 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 583 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Downsville and the insurance market
At the 19th national percentile, Downsville rates low 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
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Downsville (62.6% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 107 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Downsville. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Downsville, see the exposure-zones guide.