Orfordville, WI
Orfordville wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Orfordville lands at the 16th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 710 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Orfordville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 16th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Only 18.7% of Orfordville's 710 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 81.3% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Orfordville against the rest of the country
Orfordville scores 16th nationally and 19th within Wisconsin — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Orfordville ranks 26,556 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,568 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 655 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Orfordville's low wildfire rating (16th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Orfordville
Even with 81.3% of Orfordville 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 Orfordville's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Orfordville's 26,556-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Orfordville's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.