Elcho, WI
Elcho, WI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Elcho's 330 buildings earn a 15th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Elcho's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 15th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
330 buildings are counted in Elcho, and 52.1% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Elcho against the rest of the country
Elcho scores 15th nationally and 17th within Wisconsin — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Elcho ranks 26,744 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,838 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 668 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Elcho
At the 15th national percentile, Elcho 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
Because Direct exposure dominates in Elcho (52.1%), 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
Elcho's 15th-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 Elcho, see the exposure-zones guide.