Little Round Lake, WI
How exposed is Little Round Lake to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Little Round Lake at the 21st national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 471 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Little Round Lake's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 20th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Little Round Lake's 471 counted buildings, 98.3% carry Direct exposure and only 0.2% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Little Round Lake against the rest of the country
Little Round Lake scores 21st nationally and 35th within Wisconsin — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Little Round Lake ranks 24,915 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,867 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 531 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Little Round Lake
Little Round Lake's moderate wildfire rating (21st 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Little Round Lake (98.3%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Little Round Lake's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 471 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Little Round Lake. The exposure-zones guide covers what Little Round Lake's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.