Superior (Village), WI
Superior (Village), WI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Superior (Village) at the 34th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 460 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Superior (Village)'s burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 34th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS puts 75.2% of Superior (Village)'s 460 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 24.8% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Superior (Village) against the rest of the country
Within Wisconsin, Superior (Village) ranks higher (78th percentile) than it does nationally (34th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Superior (Village) ranks 20,851 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,071 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 178 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
Superior (Village)'s moderate wildfire rating (34th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Superior (Village)'s 75.2% 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 Superior (Village)'s figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Superior (Village)'s 20,851-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Superior (Village)'s dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.