Norwalk, WI
How exposed is Norwalk to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Norwalk lands at the 35th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 331 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Norwalk at the 37th percentile, close to its 35th-percentile risk score.
Where Norwalk's buildings actually sit
331 buildings are counted in Norwalk, and 80.1% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 19.9% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Norwalk ranks
Norwalk's 81st-percentile standing inside Wisconsin outpaces its 35th 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, Norwalk ranks 20,599 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,809 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 154 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Norwalk
At the 35th national percentile, Norwalk 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
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Norwalk (80.1% 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
Norwalk's 35th-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 Norwalk, see the exposure-zones guide.