Fredonia, WI
Fredonia, WI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Fredonia at the 14th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 983 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Fredonia's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 14th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Only 19.4% of Fredonia's 983 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 80.6% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
How Fredonia compares
Fredonia scores 14th nationally and 14th 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, Fredonia ranks 27,123 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,055 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 691 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
Fredonia's low wildfire rating (14th 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
With 80.6% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Fredonia gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Fredonia's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Fredonia's 27,123-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Fredonia's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.