Hatfield, WI
Hatfield, WI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Hatfield sits at the 41st percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 222 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Hatfield at the 40th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 97.8% of Hatfield's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 2.3% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 217 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Hatfield compares
Compare Hatfield's two percentiles: 92nd within Wisconsin, only 41st nationally — a gap of 51 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hatfield ranks 18,486 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,068 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 61 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Hatfield and the insurance market
Hatfield's elevated wildfire rating (41st 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 Hatfield
Because Direct exposure dominates in Hatfield (97.8%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Hatfield's 41st-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Hatfield, see the exposure-zones guide.