Laona, WI
How exposed is Laona to wildfire?
Laona sits at the 18th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 522 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Laona at the 18th percentile, close to its 18th-percentile risk score.
Laona's building exposure, zone by zone
522 buildings are counted in Laona, and 50.8% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 49.2% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
How Laona compares
There's little gap between Laona's 18th national percentile and its 26th percentile inside Wisconsin, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Laona ranks 25,736 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,004 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 603 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Laona
Laona's low rating (18th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Laona
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Laona (50.8% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 522 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Laona. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Laona, see the exposure-zones guide.