Kenosha, WI
Kenosha, WI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Kenosha sits at the 24th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 40,138 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Kenosha's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 26th percentile nationally.
Where Kenosha's buildings actually sit
Most of Kenosha's buildings (97.5% of 40,138) 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. At 40,138 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Kenosha against the rest of the country
Within Wisconsin, Kenosha ranks higher (47th percentile) than it does nationally (24th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Kenosha ranks 23,875 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 242 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 431 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Kenosha
Kenosha's moderate rating (24th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Even with 97.5% of Kenosha 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 Kenosha's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 40,138 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Kenosha. The exposure-zones guide covers what Kenosha's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.