Muscoda, WI
How exposed is Muscoda to wildfire?
Muscoda's 907 buildings earn a 29th-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.)
Separately from the risk score above, Muscoda's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 30th percentile nationally.
Muscoda's building exposure, zone by zone
87.1% of Muscoda's 907 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 12.7% Direct and 0.2% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Muscoda against the rest of the country
Muscoda's 63rd-percentile standing inside Wisconsin outpaces its 29th 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, Muscoda ranks 22,267 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,667 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 300 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Muscoda and the insurance market
Muscoda's moderate rating (29th 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 Muscoda
Because 87.1% of Muscoda's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Muscoda's 29th-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 Muscoda, see the exposure-zones guide.