Fenwood, WI
Fenwood wildfire risk explained
Fenwood's 128 buildings earn a 17th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Fenwood at the 17th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Fenwood's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 55.5% of Fenwood's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 44.5% Minimal share — a profile where 71 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Fenwood ranks
There's little gap between Fenwood's 17th national percentile and its 21st percentile inside Wisconsin, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Fenwood ranks 26,334 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,831 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 637 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Fenwood
At the 17th national percentile, Fenwood rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Fenwood's 55.5% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 128 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Fenwood. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Fenwood, see the exposure-zones guide.