Pigeon Falls, WI
How exposed is Pigeon Falls to wildfire?
Pigeon Falls sits at the 23rd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 230 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Pigeon Falls at the 23rd national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Pigeon Falls's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Pigeon Falls (77.8% of 230 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 22.2% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Pigeon Falls ranks
Compare Pigeon Falls's two percentiles: 40th within Wisconsin, only 23rd nationally — a gap of 17 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Pigeon Falls ranks 24,413 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,809 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 487 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Pigeon Falls and the insurance market
At the 23rd national percentile, Pigeon Falls rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Pigeon Falls
Because 77.8% of Pigeon Falls's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 230 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Pigeon Falls. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Pigeon Falls, see the exposure-zones guide.