Pulcifer, WI
Pulcifer, WI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Pulcifer's 140 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.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Pulcifer at the 21st national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Pulcifer's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 79.3% of Pulcifer's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 20.7% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 111 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Pulcifer compares
Pulcifer's risk sits at a similar level relative to Wisconsin (34th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (21st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Pulcifer ranks 24,949 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,314 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 538 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Pulcifer
Pulcifer's moderate wildfire rating (21st 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 Pulcifer
Because Direct exposure dominates in Pulcifer (79.3%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Pulcifer's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 140 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Pulcifer. The exposure-zones guide covers what Pulcifer's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.