Hewitt, WI
Hewitt wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Hewitt lands at the 15th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 409 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Hewitt at the 15th national percentile — 0 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
51.3% of Hewitt's 409 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 210 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 48.7% are Minimal.
How Hewitt compares
Hewitt's risk sits at a similar level relative to Wisconsin (17th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (15th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hewitt ranks 26,777 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,061 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 672 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Hewitt
Hewitt's low wildfire rating (15th 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
Hewitt's 51.3% 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.
More on how this number was built
Hewitt's 15th-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 Hewitt, see the exposure-zones guide.