New Lisbon, WI
New Lisbon, WI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores New Lisbon at the 31st national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 864 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 New Lisbon at the 31st percentile, close to its 31st-percentile risk score.
Where New Lisbon's buildings actually sit
Most of New Lisbon's buildings (80%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
New Lisbon against the rest of the country
New Lisbon's 66th-percentile standing inside Wisconsin outpaces its 31st 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, New Lisbon ranks 21,860 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,045 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 272 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 31st national percentile, New Lisbon rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
New Lisbon's 80% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 864 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for New Lisbon. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond New Lisbon, see the exposure-zones guide.