Rothschild, WI
Rothschild wildfire risk explained
Rothschild's 2,303 buildings earn a 32nd-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, Rothschild's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 32nd percentile nationally.
Rothschild's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Rothschild's buildings (62.8%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Rothschild against the rest of the country
Rothschild's 70th-percentile standing inside Wisconsin outpaces its 32nd 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, Rothschild ranks 21,544 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,696 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 247 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Rothschild
Rothschild's moderate wildfire rating (32nd 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
Because 62.8% of Rothschild'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 Rothschild's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,303 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Rothschild. The exposure-zones guide covers what Rothschild's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.