Omro, WI
How exposed is Omro to wildfire?
Omro sits at the 44th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 2,029 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Omro at the 45th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Omro's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 83.1% of Omro's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 16.9% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Where Omro ranks
Within Wisconsin, Omro ranks higher (95th percentile) than it does nationally (44th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Omro ranks 17,573 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,387 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 42 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Omro
At the 44th national percentile, Omro rates elevated 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 83.1% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Omro gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,029 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Omro. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Omro, see the exposure-zones guide.