Yorkville, WI
Yorkville wildfire risk explained
Yorkville sits at the 16th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 2,865 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Yorkville at the 16th national percentile — 0 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
2,865 buildings are counted in Yorkville, and 53.9% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 46.1% rated Minimal.
Yorkville against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Yorkville's 16th national percentile and its 19th percentile inside Wisconsin, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Yorkville ranks 26,588 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,639 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 657 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Yorkville
Yorkville's low wildfire rating (16th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Yorkville's 53.9% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Yorkville's figures come from
Yorkville's 16th-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 Yorkville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.