Wind Point, WI
How exposed is Wind Point to wildfire?
Wind Point's 797 buildings earn a 21st-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.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Wind Point at the 23rd national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Only 24.8% of Wind Point's 797 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 75.2% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Wind Point against the rest of the country
Wind Point scores 21st nationally and 33rd within Wisconsin — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Wind Point ranks 25,043 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,670 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 548 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Wind Point
At the 21st national percentile, Wind Point rates moderate 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
Even with 75.2% of Wind Point 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 797 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Wind Point. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Wind Point, see the exposure-zones guide.