Powers Lake, WI
Powers Lake, WI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Powers Lake's 1,203 buildings earn a 22nd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Powers Lake's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 23rd percentile nationally.
Powers Lake's building exposure, zone by zone
Powers Lake rates 52.2% Minimal exposure against just 47.8% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 1,203 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Powers Lake against the rest of the country
Compare Powers Lake's two percentiles: 39th within Wisconsin, only 22nd nationally — a gap of 17 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Powers Lake ranks 24,538 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,635 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 495 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
Powers Lake's moderate rating (22nd 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 Powers Lake
Even with 52.2% of Powers Lake outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Powers Lake's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,203 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Powers Lake. The exposure-zones guide covers what Powers Lake's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.