Knapp, WI
Knapp, WI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Knapp sits at the 27th 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 327 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Knapp at the 28th percentile, close to its 27th-percentile risk score.
Where Knapp's buildings actually sit
327 buildings are counted in Knapp, and 62.1% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 37.9% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Knapp ranks
Within Wisconsin, Knapp ranks higher (53rd percentile) than it does nationally (27th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Knapp ranks 23,181 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,906 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 380 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Knapp
Knapp's moderate wildfire rating (27th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Knapp (62.1% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Knapp's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Knapp's 23,181-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Knapp's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.