Pewaukee (Village), WI
Pewaukee (Village), WI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Pewaukee (Village) at the 34th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 2,639 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Pewaukee (Village)'s burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 35th percentile nationally.
Where Pewaukee (Village)'s buildings actually sit
Most of Pewaukee (Village)'s buildings (87.4% of 2,639) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Pewaukee (Village) against the rest of the country
Within Wisconsin, Pewaukee (Village) ranks higher (80th percentile) than it does nationally (34th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Pewaukee (Village) ranks 20,724 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,034 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 162 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Pewaukee (Village) and the insurance market
Pewaukee (Village)'s moderate wildfire rating (34th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Pewaukee (Village)'s 87.4% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Pewaukee (Village)'s figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,639 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Pewaukee (Village). The exposure-zones guide covers what Pewaukee (Village)'s dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.