Long Lake, WI
How exposed is Long Lake to wildfire?
Long Lake sits at the 17th 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 102 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Long Lake's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 16th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Long Lake: 58.8% of its 102 buildings, versus 39.2% Indirect and 2% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Long Lake compares
Long Lake's risk sits at a similar level relative to Wisconsin (22nd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (17th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Long Lake ranks 26,240 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,978 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 631 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Long Lake
Long Lake's low wildfire rating (17th 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 Long Lake
Long Lake's 58.8% 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 Long Lake's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 102 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Long Lake. The exposure-zones guide covers what Long Lake's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.