St. Peter, WI
St. Peter wildfire risk explained
St. Peter's 830 buildings earn a 32nd-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.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts St. Peter at the 32nd percentile, close to its 32nd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 72.4% of St. Peter's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 27.6% Minimal share — a profile where 601 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
St. Peter against the rest of the country
Compare St. Peter's two percentiles: 71st within Wisconsin, only 32nd nationally — a gap of 39 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, St. Peter ranks 21,479 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,351 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 238 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
St. Peter and the insurance market
At the 32nd national percentile, St. Peter rates moderate 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. Peter
With 72.4% of St. Peter in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where St. Peter's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind St. Peter's 21,479-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what St. Peter's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.