South Wayne, WI
How exposed is South Wayne to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts South Wayne at the 12th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 330 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, South Wayne's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 13th percentile nationally.
South Wayne's building exposure, zone by zone
South Wayne rates 90.9% Minimal exposure against just 9.1% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 330 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
South Wayne against the rest of the country
South Wayne scores 12th nationally and 11th 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, South Wayne ranks 27,628 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,840 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 720 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in South Wayne
South Wayne's low wildfire rating (12th 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.
Hardening a home in South Wayne
With 90.9% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, South Wayne gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 330 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for South Wayne. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond South Wayne, see the exposure-zones guide.