Leopolis, WI
Leopolis wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Leopolis lands at the 24th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 72 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Leopolis's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 24th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
73.6% of Leopolis's 72 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 53 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 26.4% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Leopolis ranks
Within Wisconsin, Leopolis ranks higher (45th percentile) than it does nationally (24th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Leopolis ranks 24,002 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,229 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 447 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Leopolis's moderate rating (24th 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
Leopolis's 73.6% 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.
More on how this number was built
Leopolis's 24th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Leopolis, see the exposure-zones guide.