Sussex, WI
Sussex, WI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Sussex's 4,040 buildings earn a 33rd-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.)
Separately from the risk score above, Sussex's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 35th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
80% of Sussex's 4,040 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 20% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
How Sussex compares
Compare Sussex's two percentiles: 75th within Wisconsin, only 33rd nationally — a gap of 42 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Sussex ranks 21,072 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,202 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 200 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Sussex
Sussex's moderate rating (33rd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Sussex's 80% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Sussex's figures come from
Sussex's 33rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Sussex's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.