Juneau, WI
Juneau wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Juneau at the 25th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 1,030 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Juneau's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 25th percentile nationally.
Where Juneau's buildings actually sit
Only 11.8% of Juneau's 1,030 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 88.2% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
How Juneau compares
Within Wisconsin, Juneau ranks higher (50th percentile) than it does nationally (25th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Juneau ranks 23,625 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,728 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 409 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Juneau and the insurance market
Juneau's moderate rating (25th 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
Even with 88.2% of Juneau outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Juneau's figures come from
Juneau's 25th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Juneau's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.