Port Edwards, WI
Port Edwards, WI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Port Edwards lands at the 46th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 1,018 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Port Edwards at the 46th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Port Edwards's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Port Edwards: 48.7% of its 1,018 buildings, versus 47.6% Indirect and 3.6% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Port Edwards compares
Port Edwards's 96th-percentile standing inside Wisconsin outpaces its 46th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Port Edwards ranks 17,037 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,819 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 31 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Port Edwards and the insurance market
Port Edwards's elevated wildfire rating (46th 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 Port Edwards
Because Direct exposure dominates in Port Edwards (48.7%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Port Edwards's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Port Edwards's 17,037-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Port Edwards's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.