Mount Sterling, WI
Mount Sterling, WI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Mount Sterling 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 166 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Mount Sterling's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 28th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
71.7% of Mount Sterling's 166 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 28.3% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Mount Sterling ranks
Compare Mount Sterling's two percentiles: 54th within Wisconsin, only 27th nationally — a gap of 27 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mount Sterling ranks 23,120 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,200 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 375 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling's moderate rating (27th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Mount Sterling
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Mount Sterling (71.7% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Mount Sterling's 27th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Mount Sterling, see the exposure-zones guide.