Ridgeland, WI
Ridgeland, WI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Ridgeland at the 16th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 238 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Ridgeland at the 15th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Ridgeland's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 73.5% of Ridgeland's 238 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 26.5% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Ridgeland ranks
There's little gap between Ridgeland's 16th national percentile and its 18th percentile inside Wisconsin, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Ridgeland ranks 26,651 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,547 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 661 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Ridgeland
Ridgeland's low rating (16th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 73.5% of Ridgeland'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 Ridgeland's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 238 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Ridgeland. The exposure-zones guide covers what Ridgeland's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.