Lake Wisconsin, WI
Lake Wisconsin, WI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Lake Wisconsin sits at the 30th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 2,890 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Lake Wisconsin at the 31st national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
2,890 buildings are counted in Lake Wisconsin, and 59.4% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 18.6% rated Minimal.
Where Lake Wisconsin ranks
Lake Wisconsin's 65th-percentile standing inside Wisconsin outpaces its 30th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lake Wisconsin ranks 22,017 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,602 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 288 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Lake Wisconsin
Lake Wisconsin's moderate wildfire rating (30th 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 Lake Wisconsin
Lake Wisconsin's 59.4% 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.
Where Lake Wisconsin's figures come from
Lake Wisconsin's 30th-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 Lake Wisconsin's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.