Markesan, WI
Markesan wildfire risk explained
Markesan sits at the 26th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 791 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Markesan at the 26th percentile, close to its 26th-percentile risk score.
Where Markesan's buildings actually sit
Only 15.7% of Markesan's 791 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 84.3% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Where Markesan ranks
Within Wisconsin, Markesan ranks higher (52nd percentile) than it does nationally (26th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Markesan ranks 23,373 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,725 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 388 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Markesan and the insurance market
At the 26th national percentile, Markesan rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Markesan's 84.3% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 791 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Markesan. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Markesan, see the exposure-zones guide.