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Counties With the Lowest Wildfire Risk in Wisconsin (2026)

Milwaukee has the lowest wildfire risk of any county in Wisconsin, at 20.8, followed by Kenosha and La Crosse (data vintage 2024). The full ranking of the top 25 counties is below.

Data updated 2024 - Source: FEMA National Risk Index

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Lowest counties for wildfire risk in Wisconsin

Top 25 of 72 counties with data.

Ranked by wildfire risk (FEMA National Risk Index, 2024), lowest first.

Lowest counties for wildfire risk in Wisconsin
RankCountyValue
1Milwaukee20.8
2Kenosha33.7
3La Crosse35.5
4Racine35.8
5Winnebago38.5
6Outagamie39.2
7Dane43.1
8Rock44.3
9Sheboygan44.8
10Ashland48.6
11Brown49.1
12Douglas50.2
13Waukesha50.5
14Walworth51.3
15Calumet51.3
16Fond du Lac51.5
17Eau Claire51.6
18Manitowoc52.5
19Buffalo53.1
20Ozaukee53.5
21Menominee53.8
22Sauk55.0
23Rusk56.9
24Portage57.3
25Grant58.7

How this ranking works

This page ranks Wisconsin counties by wildfire risk, sorted so the lowest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For wildfire risk, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh wildfire risk against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of wildfire risk.

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