Mayville, WI
Mayville wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Mayville at the 39th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 2,288 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Mayville at the 40th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Mayville's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Mayville's buildings (85.5% of 2,288) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
How Mayville compares
Within Wisconsin, Mayville ranks higher (90th percentile) than it does nationally (39th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mayville ranks 19,337 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,729 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 82 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Mayville and the insurance market
Mayville's moderate rating (39th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 85.5% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Mayville gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Mayville's figures come from
Mayville's 39th-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 Mayville's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.