Potter, WI
How exposed is Potter to wildfire?
Potter's 198 buildings earn a 21st-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Potter at the 21st percentile, close to its 21st-percentile risk score.
Where Potter's buildings actually sit
Most of Potter's buildings (57.6%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
How Potter compares
Potter scores 21st nationally and 34th 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, Potter ranks 24,916 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,944 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 532 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Potter and the insurance market
At the 21st national percentile, Potter 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 Potter
Potter's 57.6% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Potter's 21st-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 Potter, see the exposure-zones guide.