Knowlton, WI
Knowlton, WI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Knowlton at the 34th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 116 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Knowlton at the 35th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Knowlton: 60.3% of its 116 buildings, versus 32.8% Indirect and 6.9% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Knowlton ranks
Compare Knowlton's two percentiles: 80th within Wisconsin, only 34th nationally — a gap of 46 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Knowlton ranks 20,722 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,393 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 160 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Knowlton
Knowlton's moderate rating (34th 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
With 60.3% of Knowlton in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 116 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Knowlton. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Knowlton, see the exposure-zones guide.