Mount Calvary, WI
How exposed is Mount Calvary to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Mount Calvary lands at the 32nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 336 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Mount Calvary's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 34th percentile nationally.
Mount Calvary's building exposure, zone by zone
336 buildings are counted in Mount Calvary, and 73.5% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 26.5% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Mount Calvary ranks
Within Wisconsin, Mount Calvary 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, Mount Calvary ranks 21,417 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,691 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 228 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Mount Calvary and the insurance market
Mount Calvary's moderate wildfire rating (32nd percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
Mount Calvary's 73.5% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 336 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Mount Calvary. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Mount Calvary, see the exposure-zones guide.