Wabeno, WI
Wabeno, WI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Wabeno sits at the 15th 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 454 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Wabeno at the 15th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
454 buildings are counted in Wabeno, and 50.9% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 49.1% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Wabeno against the rest of the country
Wabeno scores 15th nationally and 17th within Wisconsin — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Wabeno ranks 26,840 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,206 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 676 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Wabeno and the insurance market
Wabeno's low rating (15th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 50.9% of Wabeno's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Wabeno's figures come from
Wabeno's 15th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Wabeno's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.