New Richmond, WI
New Richmond, WI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
New Richmond sits at the 21st percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 3,605 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts New Richmond at the 21st percentile, close to its 21st-percentile risk score.
New Richmond's building exposure, zone by zone
New Richmond rates 73.9% Minimal exposure against just 26.1% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 3,605 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
New Richmond against the rest of the country
There's little gap between New Richmond's 21st national percentile and its 34th percentile inside Wisconsin, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, New Richmond ranks 24,947 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,644 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 536 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in New Richmond
At the 21st national percentile, New Richmond 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
Even with 73.9% of New Richmond outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where New Richmond's figures come from
New Richmond's 21st-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what New Richmond's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.