Krakow, WI
How exposed is Krakow to wildfire?
USFS scores Krakow at the 13th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 267 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Krakow at the 12th percentile, close to its 13th-percentile risk score.
Krakow's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 72.3% of Krakow's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 27.7% Minimal share — a profile where 193 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Krakow against the rest of the country
Krakow scores 13th nationally and 13th within Wisconsin — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Krakow ranks 27,312 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,619 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 700 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Krakow and the insurance market
Krakow's low rating (13th 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
Krakow's 72.3% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Krakow's figures come from
Krakow's 13th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Krakow's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.