Green Lake, WI
Green Lake, WI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Green Lake's 758 buildings earn a 48th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Green Lake at the 50th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Green Lake's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Green Lake's buildings (57.1%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
How Green Lake compares
Within Wisconsin, Green Lake ranks higher (98th percentile) than it does nationally (48th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Green Lake ranks 16,407 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,041 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 21 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 48th national percentile, Green Lake rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Green Lake (57.1% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Green Lake's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 758 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Green Lake. The exposure-zones guide covers what Green Lake's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.