Sturtevant, WI
How exposed is Sturtevant to wildfire?
USFS scores Sturtevant at the 17th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 2,460 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Sturtevant's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 18th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Sturtevant rates 94.1% Minimal exposure against just 5.9% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 2,460 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Sturtevant against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Sturtevant's 17th national percentile and its 23rd percentile inside Wisconsin, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Sturtevant ranks 26,146 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,375 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 625 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 17th national percentile, Sturtevant 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 Sturtevant
Even with 94.1% of Sturtevant outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,460 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Sturtevant. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Sturtevant, see the exposure-zones guide.