Edgerton, WI
Edgerton wildfire risk explained
Edgerton sits at the 31st percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 2,582 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Edgerton's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 31st percentile nationally.
Edgerton's building exposure, zone by zone
Only 22.9% of Edgerton's 2,582 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 77.2% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
How Edgerton compares
Compare Edgerton's two percentiles: 66th within Wisconsin, only 31st nationally — a gap of 36 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Edgerton ranks 21,888 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,134 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 273 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Edgerton and the insurance market
Edgerton's moderate rating (31st percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
With 77.2% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Edgerton gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Edgerton's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,582 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Edgerton. The exposure-zones guide covers what Edgerton's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.