Seymour (Eau Claire), WI
Seymour (Eau Claire) wildfire risk explained
Seymour (Eau Claire)'s 933 buildings earn a 31st-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, Seymour (Eau Claire)'s burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 31st percentile nationally.
Seymour (Eau Claire)'s building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Seymour (Eau Claire): 96.6% of its 933 buildings, versus 1.6% Indirect and 1.8% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Seymour (Eau Claire) ranks
Seymour (Eau Claire)'s 68th-percentile standing inside Wisconsin outpaces its 31st 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, Seymour (Eau Claire) ranks 21,702 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,448 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 259 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Seymour (Eau Claire)
Seymour (Eau Claire)'s moderate wildfire rating (31st 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
Seymour (Eau Claire)'s 96.6% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 933 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Seymour (Eau Claire). For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Seymour (Eau Claire), see the exposure-zones guide.