Dresser, WI
Dresser wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Dresser at the 37th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 497 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Dresser's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 38th percentile nationally.
Dresser's building exposure, zone by zone
497 buildings are counted in Dresser, and 62.4% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 37.6% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Dresser against the rest of the country
Dresser's 86th-percentile standing inside Wisconsin outpaces its 37th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Dresser ranks 19,933 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,417 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 109 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Dresser
At the 37th national percentile, Dresser rates moderate 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
Because 62.4% of Dresser'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.
Where Dresser's figures come from
Dresser's 37th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Dresser's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.