Richland Center, WI
Richland Center, WI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Richland Center lands at the 30th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 2,451 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Richland Center at the 32nd national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
2,451 buildings are counted in Richland Center, and 83.8% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 16.2% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Richland Center against the rest of the country
Compare Richland Center's two percentiles: 65th within Wisconsin, only 30th nationally — a gap of 35 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Richland Center ranks 21,985 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,392 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 285 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 30th national percentile, Richland Center 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
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Richland Center (83.8% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,451 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Richland Center. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Richland Center, see the exposure-zones guide.