Seymour (Outagamie), WI
Seymour (Outagamie) wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Seymour (Outagamie) at the 6th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 1,747 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Seymour (Outagamie) at the 6th percentile, close to its 6th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 87.7% of Seymour (Outagamie)'s buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 12.3% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
How Seymour (Outagamie) compares
Seymour (Outagamie)'s risk sits at a similar level relative to Wisconsin (2nd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (6th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Seymour (Outagamie) ranks 29,582 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,240 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 796 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Seymour (Outagamie)
Seymour (Outagamie)'s low rating (6th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 87.7% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Seymour (Outagamie) gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Seymour (Outagamie)'s figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Seymour (Outagamie)'s 29,582-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Seymour (Outagamie)'s dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.