Gilman, WI
Gilman, WI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Gilman's 315 buildings earn a 11th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Gilman at the 11th percentile, close to its 11th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Gilman's buildings (50.5%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Gilman against the rest of the country
Gilman's risk sits at a similar level relative to Wisconsin (9th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (11th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Gilman ranks 28,005 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,244 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 739 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Gilman
Gilman's low wildfire rating (11th 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 Gilman
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Gilman (50.5% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 315 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Gilman. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Gilman, see the exposure-zones guide.