Whitehall, WI
How exposed is Whitehall to wildfire?
Whitehall's 854 buildings earn a 24th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Whitehall's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 25th percentile nationally.
Whitehall's building exposure, zone by zone
82.7% of Whitehall's 854 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 17.3% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Whitehall against the rest of the country
Whitehall's 44th-percentile standing inside Wisconsin outpaces its 24th 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, Whitehall ranks 24,098 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,138 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 452 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Whitehall and the insurance market
Whitehall's moderate rating (24th 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 Whitehall
Whitehall's 82.7% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Whitehall's 24th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Whitehall, see the exposure-zones guide.