Saxon, WI
Saxon, WI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Saxon lands at the 18th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 104 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Saxon at the 19th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Saxon's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Saxon (53.9% of 104 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 46.2% sit in the Direct zone.
How Saxon compares
Saxon scores 18th nationally and 24th within Wisconsin — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Saxon ranks 25,925 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,877 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 615 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Saxon
Saxon's low wildfire rating (18th 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 53.9% of Saxon'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 Saxon's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Saxon's 25,925-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Saxon's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.