Northport, WI
Northport wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Northport lands at the 37th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 341 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Northport's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 37th percentile nationally.
Northport's building exposure, zone by zone
77.1% of Northport's 341 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 263 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 22% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0.9% are Minimal.
Where Northport ranks
Within Wisconsin, Northport ranks higher (86th percentile) than it does nationally (37th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Northport ranks 20,030 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,568 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 120 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Northport and the insurance market
Northport's moderate rating (37th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Northport (77.1%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Northport's 37th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Northport, see the exposure-zones guide.