Mission, WI
How exposed is Mission to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Mission lands at the 45th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 145 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Mission at the 44th percentile, close to its 45th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
100% of Mission's 145 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 145 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How Mission compares
Mission's 96th-percentile standing inside Wisconsin outpaces its 45th 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, Mission ranks 17,226 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,106 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 34 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Mission
At the 45th national percentile, Mission rates elevated 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 100% of Mission in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 145 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Mission. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Mission, see the exposure-zones guide.