Withee, WI
How exposed is Withee to wildfire?
USFS scores Withee at the 12th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 362 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Withee at the 12th percentile, close to its 12th-percentile risk score.
Where Withee's buildings actually sit
58.6% of Withee's 362 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 41.4% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Withee against the rest of the country
Withee's risk sits at a similar level relative to Wisconsin (11th 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, Withee ranks 27,659 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,033 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 723 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Withee
Withee's low wildfire rating (12th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Withee
Even with 58.6% of Withee 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 362 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Withee. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Withee, see the exposure-zones guide.