Jefferson, WI
Jefferson, WI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Jefferson's 3,307 buildings earn a 29th-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.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Jefferson at the 30th percentile, close to its 29th-percentile risk score.
Jefferson's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Jefferson's buildings (75.2% of 3,307) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Jefferson against the rest of the country
Jefferson's 61st-percentile standing inside Wisconsin outpaces its 29th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Jefferson ranks 22,520 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,036 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 319 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Jefferson and the insurance market
Jefferson's moderate wildfire rating (29th 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 Jefferson
Jefferson's 75.2% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Jefferson's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 3,307 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Jefferson. The exposure-zones guide covers what Jefferson's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.