Fulton, WI
Fulton, WI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Fulton's 90 buildings earn a 16th-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 Fulton at the 16th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Fulton's buildings actually sit
81.1% of Fulton's 90 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 73 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 18.9% are Minimal.
Fulton against the rest of the country
Fulton scores 16th nationally and 20th 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, Fulton ranks 26,398 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,517 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 645 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Fulton and the insurance market
Fulton's low wildfire rating (16th 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.
Hardening a home in Fulton
Fulton's 81.1% 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.
Where Fulton's figures come from
Fulton's 16th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Fulton's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.