Lauderdale Lakes, WI
How exposed is Lauderdale Lakes to wildfire?
USFS scores Lauderdale Lakes at the 23rd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 1,362 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 Lauderdale Lakes at the 24th percentile, close to its 23rd-percentile risk score.
Lauderdale Lakes's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Lauderdale Lakes: 74.8% of its 1,362 buildings, versus 12.3% Indirect and 12.9% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Lauderdale Lakes ranks
Compare Lauderdale Lakes's two percentiles: 44th within Wisconsin, only 23rd nationally — a gap of 20 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lauderdale Lakes ranks 24,158 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,776 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 456 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Lauderdale Lakes and the insurance market
Lauderdale Lakes's moderate rating (23rd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 74.8% of Lauderdale Lakes in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Lauderdale Lakes's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,362 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Lauderdale Lakes. The exposure-zones guide covers what Lauderdale Lakes's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.