Dale, WI
Dale wildfire risk explained
Dale sits at the 39th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 404 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Dale's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 40th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
404 buildings are counted in Dale, and 55.9% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 44.1% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Dale ranks
Compare Dale's two percentiles: 91st within Wisconsin, only 39th nationally — a gap of 52 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Dale ranks 19,242 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,145 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 77 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Dale
At the 39th national percentile, Dale rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 55.9% of Dale's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Dale's 19,242-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Dale, see the exposure-zones guide.