Maiden Rock, WI
How exposed is Maiden Rock to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Maiden Rock lands at the 29th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 124 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Maiden Rock at the 29th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Maiden Rock's buildings actually sit
Of Maiden Rock's 124 counted buildings, 77.4% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Maiden Rock against the rest of the country
Within Wisconsin, Maiden Rock ranks higher (61st percentile) than it does nationally (29th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Maiden Rock ranks 22,522 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,013 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 321 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Maiden Rock and the insurance market
Maiden Rock's moderate wildfire rating (29th 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 Maiden Rock
Maiden Rock's 77.4% 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 Maiden Rock's figures come from
Maiden Rock's 29th-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 Maiden Rock's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.