Marshall, WI
Marshall wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Marshall at the 34th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 1,582 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Marshall's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 34th percentile nationally.
Where Marshall's buildings actually sit
89.1% of Marshall's 1,582 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 10.9% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
How Marshall compares
Compare Marshall's two percentiles: 80th within Wisconsin, only 34th nationally — a gap of 46 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Marshall ranks 20,754 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,827 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 165 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
At the 34th national percentile, Marshall rates moderate 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 Marshall
Marshall's 89.1% 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 1,582 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Marshall. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Marshall, see the exposure-zones guide.