Prescott, WI
Prescott wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Prescott at the 33rd national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 1,766 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Prescott's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 32nd percentile nationally.
Prescott's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Prescott's buildings (89.1%) 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.
Where Prescott ranks
Within Wisconsin, Prescott ranks higher (74th percentile) than it does nationally (33rd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Prescott ranks 21,260 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,176 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 215 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Prescott and the insurance market
At the 33rd national percentile, Prescott rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 89.1% of Prescott'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 1,766 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Prescott. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Prescott, see the exposure-zones guide.