Marion, WI
Marion, WI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Marion at the 18th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 775 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 Marion at the 19th percentile, close to its 18th-percentile risk score.
Where Marion's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 68.9% of Marion's 775 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 28.3% Direct and 2.8% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Marion ranks
Marion's risk sits at a similar level relative to Wisconsin (25th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (18th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Marion ranks 25,737 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,875 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 604 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Marion
At the 18th national percentile, Marion rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Marion
Because 68.9% of Marion's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Marion's figures come from
Marion's 18th-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 Marion's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.