Van Dyne, WI
How exposed is Van Dyne to wildfire?
USFS scores Van Dyne at the 38th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 225 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Van Dyne's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 38th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Van Dyne: 50.2% of its 225 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 49.8% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Van Dyne ranks
Compare Van Dyne's two percentiles: 89th within Wisconsin, only 38th nationally — a gap of 51 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Van Dyne ranks 19,559 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,970 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 94 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
Van Dyne's moderate wildfire rating (38th 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
With 50.2% of Van Dyne 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 Van Dyne's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 225 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Van Dyne. The exposure-zones guide covers what Van Dyne's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.