Weston, WI
How exposed is Weston to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Weston lands at the 30th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 5,975 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Weston at the 31st national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Weston's building exposure, zone by zone
Weston rates 39.4% Minimal exposure against just 39% Direct and 21.7% Indirect — of 5,975 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually. At 5,975 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Weston against the rest of the country
Weston's 66th-percentile standing inside Wisconsin outpaces its 30th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Weston ranks 21,954 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,885 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 281 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Weston
Weston's moderate rating (30th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Even with 39.4% of Weston 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.
Where Weston's figures come from
Weston's 30th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Weston's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.