Mason, WI
Mason wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Mason at the 21st national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 101 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Mason's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 22nd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Mason's 101 counted buildings, 75.3% 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.
How Mason compares
Mason scores 21st nationally and 35th within Wisconsin — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mason ranks 24,853 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,014 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 525 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Mason
At the 21st national percentile, Mason 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 Mason
Mason's 75.3% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 101 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Mason. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Mason, see the exposure-zones guide.