St. Francis, WI
St. Francis wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, St. Francis lands at the 15th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 4,153 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, St. Francis's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 20th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
97.6% of St. Francis's 4,153 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 2.4% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
How St. Francis compares
St. Francis's risk sits at a similar level relative to Wisconsin (16th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (15th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, St. Francis ranks 26,934 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,100 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 681 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
St. Francis and the insurance market
At the 15th national percentile, St. Francis rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in St. Francis
St. Francis's 97.6% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
St. Francis's 15th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond St. Francis, see the exposure-zones guide.