Hingham, WI
Hingham wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Hingham lands at the 11th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 460 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Hingham at the 11th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Hingham's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 59.4% of Hingham's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 40.7% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Hingham against the rest of the country
Hingham's risk sits at a similar level relative to Wisconsin (8th 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, Hingham ranks 28,006 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,070 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 740 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
At the 11th national percentile, Hingham rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
With 59.4% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Hingham gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
Hingham's 11th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Hingham, see the exposure-zones guide.