West Milwaukee, WI
West Milwaukee wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, West Milwaukee lands at the 12th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 1,741 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, West Milwaukee's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 16th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Only 0% of West Milwaukee's 1,741 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 100% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
West Milwaukee against the rest of the country
West Milwaukee's risk sits at a similar level relative to Wisconsin (10th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (12th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, West Milwaukee ranks 27,722 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,265 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 727 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in West Milwaukee
West Milwaukee's low rating (12th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in West Milwaukee
West Milwaukee's 100% 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 Milwaukee's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind West Milwaukee's 27,722-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what West Milwaukee's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.