Walworth, WI
How exposed is Walworth to wildfire?
Walworth's 1,125 buildings earn a 14th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Walworth's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 13th percentile nationally.
Where Walworth's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 42% of Walworth's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 18.9% Direct and 39.1% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Walworth against the rest of the country
Walworth's risk sits at a similar level relative to Wisconsin (14th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (14th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Walworth ranks 27,250 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,118 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 698 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
At the 14th national percentile, Walworth rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
With 42% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Walworth gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,125 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Walworth. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Walworth, see the exposure-zones guide.