Eureka, WI
Eureka wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Eureka at the 40th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 233 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Eureka at the 41st percentile, close to its 40th-percentile risk score.
Eureka's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 59.7% of Eureka's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 40.3% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 139 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Eureka against the rest of the country
Compare Eureka's two percentiles: 92nd within Wisconsin, only 40th nationally — a gap of 52 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Eureka ranks 18,832 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,719 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 67 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 40th national percentile, Eureka rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Eureka
Eureka's 59.7% 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 233 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Eureka. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Eureka, see the exposure-zones guide.