Eagle River, WI
Eagle River wildfire risk explained
Eagle River sits at the 13th 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 1,290 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Eagle River's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 11th percentile nationally.
Eagle River's building exposure, zone by zone
1,290 buildings are counted in Eagle River, and 78% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 21.6% in Direct exposure or the 0.4% rated Minimal.
How Eagle River compares
Eagle River's risk sits at a similar level relative to Wisconsin (11th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (13th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Eagle River ranks 27,596 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,130 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 716 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Eagle River
Eagle River's low rating (13th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Eagle River (78% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Eagle River's 27,596-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Eagle River, see the exposure-zones guide.