Pardeeville, WI
Pardeeville wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Pardeeville at the 44th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 997 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Pardeeville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 46th percentile nationally.
Where Pardeeville's buildings actually sit
997 buildings are counted in Pardeeville, and 74.3% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 22% in Direct exposure or the 3.7% rated Minimal.
Where Pardeeville ranks
Within Wisconsin, Pardeeville 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, Pardeeville ranks 17,636 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,961 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 43 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Pardeeville and the insurance market
At the 44th national percentile, Pardeeville 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 ember exposure the dominant pattern in Pardeeville (74.3% 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
Pardeeville's 44th-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 Pardeeville, see the exposure-zones guide.