Turtle Lake (Barron), WI
Turtle Lake (Barron) wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Turtle Lake (Barron) at the 27th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 677 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Turtle Lake (Barron)'s burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 27th percentile nationally.
Turtle Lake (Barron)'s building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Turtle Lake (Barron) (76.4% of 677 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 23.6% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Turtle Lake (Barron) ranks
Within Wisconsin, Turtle Lake (Barron) ranks higher (53rd percentile) than it does nationally (27th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Turtle Lake (Barron) ranks 23,152 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,905 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 378 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Turtle Lake (Barron) and the insurance market
Turtle Lake (Barron)'s moderate rating (27th 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 Turtle Lake (Barron)
Turtle Lake (Barron)'s 76.4% 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.
Where Turtle Lake (Barron)'s figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Turtle Lake (Barron)'s 23,152-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Turtle Lake (Barron)'s dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.