Seneca, WI
Seneca wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Seneca at the 26th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 166 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Seneca at the 27th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
166 buildings are counted in Seneca, and 64.5% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Where Seneca ranks
Compare Seneca's two percentiles: 52nd within Wisconsin, only 26th nationally — a gap of 26 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Seneca ranks 23,403 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,201 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 392 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Seneca and the insurance market
At the 26th national percentile, Seneca 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
With 64.5% of Seneca 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 Seneca's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Seneca's 23,403-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Seneca's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.