Hortonville, WI
How exposed is Hortonville to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Hortonville lands at the 34th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 1,522 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Hortonville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 35th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
1,522 buildings are counted in Hortonville, and 72.4% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 27.1% in Direct exposure or the 0.5% rated Minimal.
Where Hortonville ranks
Within Wisconsin, Hortonville ranks higher (79th percentile) than it does nationally (34th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hortonville ranks 20,848 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,076 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 175 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 34th national percentile, Hortonville rates moderate 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
Hortonville's 72.4% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Hortonville's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Hortonville's 20,848-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Hortonville's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.