Hixton, WI
How exposed is Hixton to wildfire?
USFS scores Hixton at the 20th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 319 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Hixton's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 20th percentile nationally.
Hixton's building exposure, zone by zone
48.3% of Hixton's 319 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 154 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 48.3% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 3.5% are Minimal.
How Hixton compares
Hixton's risk sits at a similar level relative to Wisconsin (32nd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (20th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hixton ranks 25,104 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,137 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 550 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
Hixton's moderate rating (20th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Hixton
With 48.3% of Hixton in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Hixton's 25,104-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Hixton, see the exposure-zones guide.