Sullivan, WI
How exposed is Sullivan to wildfire?
Sullivan's 348 buildings earn a 37th-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.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Sullivan at the 39th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Sullivan's buildings actually sit
348 buildings are counted in Sullivan, and 65.2% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 34.8% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
How Sullivan compares
Sullivan's 87th-percentile standing inside Wisconsin outpaces its 37th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Sullivan ranks 19,936 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,384 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 112 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Sullivan and the insurance market
At the 37th national percentile, Sullivan rates moderate 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
Sullivan's 65.2% 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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Sullivan's 19,936-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Sullivan, see the exposure-zones guide.