St. Nazianz, WI
St. Nazianz wildfire risk explained
St. Nazianz's 480 buildings earn a 14th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks St. Nazianz at the 14th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where St. Nazianz's buildings actually sit
480 buildings are counted in St. Nazianz, and 80.2% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 18.1% in Direct exposure or the 1.7% rated Minimal.
How St. Nazianz compares
St. Nazianz's risk sits at a similar level relative to Wisconsin (15th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (14th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, St. Nazianz ranks 27,029 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,717 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 686 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in St. Nazianz
At the 14th national percentile, St. Nazianz rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
St. Nazianz's 80.2% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where St. Nazianz's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind St. Nazianz's 27,029-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what St. Nazianz's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.