Forestville, WI
How exposed is Forestville to wildfire?
Forestville's 301 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 Forestville at the 18th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Forestville's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Forestville (61.8% of 301 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 38.2% sit in the Direct zone.
Forestville against the rest of the country
Forestville's risk sits at a similar level relative to Wisconsin (22nd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (17th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Forestville ranks 26,272 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,618 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 634 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Forestville and the insurance market
At the 17th national percentile, Forestville rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Forestville
Forestville's 61.8% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Forestville's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Forestville's 26,272-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Forestville's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.