Kieler, WI
Kieler wildfire risk explained
Kieler's 298 buildings earn a 22nd-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 Kieler at the 23rd percentile, close to its 22nd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
298 buildings are counted in Kieler, and 75.2% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 24.8% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
How Kieler compares
Within Wisconsin, Kieler ranks higher (38th percentile) than it does nationally (22nd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Kieler ranks 24,567 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,696 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 498 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Kieler
Kieler's moderate wildfire rating (22nd 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 75.2% of Kieler's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 298 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Kieler. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Kieler, see the exposure-zones guide.