Kronenwetter, WI
Kronenwetter wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Kronenwetter at the 37th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 3,792 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Kronenwetter's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 37th percentile nationally.
Where Kronenwetter's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Kronenwetter: 72.4% of its 3,792 buildings, versus 27.6% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Kronenwetter ranks
Compare Kronenwetter's two percentiles: 86th within Wisconsin, only 37th nationally — a gap of 49 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Kronenwetter ranks 19,934 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,433 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 110 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Kronenwetter
Kronenwetter's moderate wildfire rating (37th 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.
Hardening a home in Kronenwetter
Because Direct exposure dominates in Kronenwetter (72.4%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Kronenwetter's 19,934-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Kronenwetter, see the exposure-zones guide.