Waldo, WI
Waldo, WI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Waldo lands at the 16th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 308 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Waldo at the 17th percentile, close to its 16th-percentile risk score.
Waldo's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Waldo's buildings (79.9% of 308) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
How Waldo compares
There's little gap between Waldo's 16th national percentile and its 21st percentile inside Wisconsin, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Waldo ranks 26,367 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,435 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 642 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Waldo
Waldo's low wildfire rating (16th 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.
Hardening a home in Waldo
Even with 79.9% of Waldo 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 308 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Waldo. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Waldo, see the exposure-zones guide.