Rome, WI
Rome, WI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Rome's 497 buildings earn a 37th-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.)
Separately from the risk score above, Rome's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 38th percentile nationally.
Rome's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Rome's 497 counted buildings, 54.9% carry Direct exposure and only 10.9% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Rome against the rest of the country
Rome's 85th-percentile standing inside Wisconsin outpaces its 37th 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, Rome ranks 20,031 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,418 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 121 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Rome
Rome's moderate rating (37th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
With 54.9% of Rome in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 497 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Rome. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Rome, see the exposure-zones guide.