Mindoro, WI
How exposed is Mindoro to wildfire?
USFS scores Mindoro at the 27th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 188 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Mindoro at the 28th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Mindoro's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 80.3% of Mindoro's 188 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 19.7% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How Mindoro compares
Mindoro's 54th-percentile standing inside Wisconsin outpaces its 27th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mindoro ranks 23,150 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,339 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 376 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Mindoro and the insurance market
At the 27th national percentile, Mindoro rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Mindoro (80.3% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Mindoro's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 188 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Mindoro. The exposure-zones guide covers what Mindoro's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.