Eland, WI
How exposed is Eland to wildfire?
USFS scores Eland at the 22nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 189 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Eland at the 22nd national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Eland's buildings actually sit
189 buildings are counted in Eland, and 78.8% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
How Eland compares
Within Wisconsin, Eland ranks higher (40th percentile) than it does nationally (22nd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Eland ranks 24,474 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,302 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 489 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Eland and the insurance market
Eland's moderate wildfire rating (22nd 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 Eland
Because Direct exposure dominates in Eland (78.8%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Eland's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Eland's 24,474-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Eland's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.