Dyckesville, WI
How exposed is Dyckesville to wildfire?
USFS scores Dyckesville at the 11th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 469 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Dyckesville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 11th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
45.6% of Dyckesville's 469 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 214 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 11.9% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 42.4% are Minimal.
Where Dyckesville ranks
There's little gap between Dyckesville's 11th national percentile and its 8th percentile inside Wisconsin, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Dyckesville ranks 28,101 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,912 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 744 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Dyckesville's low wildfire rating (11th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Dyckesville (45.6%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Dyckesville's 11th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Dyckesville, see the exposure-zones guide.