Ogdensburg, WI
Ogdensburg, WI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Ogdensburg's 159 buildings earn a 41st-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Ogdensburg's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 42nd percentile nationally.
Ogdensburg's building exposure, zone by zone
74.8% of Ogdensburg's 159 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 119 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 25.2% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Ogdensburg ranks
Compare Ogdensburg's two percentiles: 93rd within Wisconsin, only 41st nationally — a gap of 51 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Ogdensburg ranks 18,487 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,510 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 62 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Ogdensburg
At the 41st national percentile, Ogdensburg rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 74.8% of Ogdensburg in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Ogdensburg's 18,487-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Ogdensburg, see the exposure-zones guide.