Woodford, WI
How exposed is Woodford to wildfire?
USFS scores Woodford at the 26th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 65 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Woodford at the 27th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Woodford's building exposure, zone by zone
100% of Woodford's 65 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 65 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Woodford ranks
Compare Woodford's two percentiles: 51st within Wisconsin, only 26th nationally — a gap of 25 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Woodford ranks 23,436 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,485 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 396 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Woodford
Woodford's moderate wildfire rating (26th 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 Woodford
Because Direct exposure dominates in Woodford (100%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Woodford's 26th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Woodford, see the exposure-zones guide.