West Baraboo, WI
West Baraboo, WI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts West Baraboo at the 23rd national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 652 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts West Baraboo at the 24th percentile, close to its 23rd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
51.4% of West Baraboo's 652 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 16.3% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
How West Baraboo compares
Within Wisconsin, West Baraboo ranks higher (41st percentile) than it does nationally (23rd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, West Baraboo ranks 24,318 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,188 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 477 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
West Baraboo's moderate rating (23rd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
West Baraboo's 51.4% 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 West Baraboo's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 652 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for West Baraboo. The exposure-zones guide covers what West Baraboo's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.