Kaukauna, WI
Kaukauna wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Kaukauna at the 14th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 7,809 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Kaukauna's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 15th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Only 6.7% of Kaukauna's 7,809 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 93.3% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure. At 7,809 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Kaukauna ranks
Kaukauna's risk sits at a similar level relative to Wisconsin (14th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (14th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Kaukauna ranks 27,249 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,177 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 697 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Kaukauna and the insurance market
At the 14th national percentile, Kaukauna rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Kaukauna
Even with 93.3% of Kaukauna outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Kaukauna's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Kaukauna's 27,249-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Kaukauna's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.