Merrimac, WI
Merrimac, WI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Merrimac's 331 buildings earn a 32nd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Merrimac at the 33rd national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Merrimac's buildings actually sit
52% of Merrimac's 331 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 172 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 19.6% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 28.4% are Minimal.
Merrimac against the rest of the country
Within Wisconsin, Merrimac ranks higher (72nd percentile) than it does nationally (32nd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Merrimac ranks 21,416 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,808 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 227 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Merrimac
At the 32nd national percentile, Merrimac 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
Merrimac's 52% 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 331 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Merrimac. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Merrimac, see the exposure-zones guide.