Iron River, WI
How exposed is Iron River to wildfire?
Iron River's 903 buildings earn a 34th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Iron River's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 33rd percentile nationally.
Iron River's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Iron River's 903 counted buildings, 50.4% carry Direct exposure and only 0.2% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Iron River against the rest of the country
Within Wisconsin, Iron River ranks higher (77th 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, Iron River ranks 20,945 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,700 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 190 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Iron River and the insurance market
Iron River's moderate wildfire rating (34th 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 Iron River
Iron River's 50.4% 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.
Where Iron River's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 903 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Iron River. The exposure-zones guide covers what Iron River's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.