Readstown, WI
Readstown wildfire risk explained
Readstown's 314 buildings earn a 30th-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 Readstown at the 32nd national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Readstown's buildings actually sit
72.9% of Readstown's 314 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 27.1% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Readstown compares
Readstown's 63rd-percentile standing inside Wisconsin outpaces its 30th 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, Readstown ranks 22,142 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,273 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 295 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Readstown
At the 30th national percentile, Readstown rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 72.9% of Readstown'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.
Where Readstown's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Readstown's 22,142-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Readstown's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.