Rosendale, WI
Rosendale, WI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Rosendale's 587 buildings earn a 24th-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, Rosendale's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 24th percentile nationally.
Where Rosendale's buildings actually sit
Most of Rosendale's buildings (77.7% of 587) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
How Rosendale compares
Compare Rosendale's two percentiles: 47th within Wisconsin, only 24th nationally — a gap of 22 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rosendale ranks 23,876 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,016 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 432 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Rosendale
Rosendale's moderate wildfire rating (24th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Rosendale's 77.7% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Rosendale's figures come from
Rosendale's 24th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Rosendale's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.