Platteville, WI
How exposed is Platteville to wildfire?
USFS scores Platteville at the 16th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 3,298 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Platteville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 16th percentile nationally.
Platteville's building exposure, zone by zone
3,298 buildings are counted in Platteville, and 86.2% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 6.4% in Direct exposure or the 7.4% rated Minimal.
Where Platteville ranks
Platteville 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, Platteville ranks 26,619 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,049 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 660 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Platteville and the insurance market
At the 16th national percentile, Platteville rates low 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 Platteville
Because 86.2% of Platteville'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 3,298 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Platteville. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Platteville, see the exposure-zones guide.