Waubeka, WI
How exposed is Waubeka to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Waubeka lands at the 23rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 444 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Waubeka at the 24th national percentile — 1 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
444 buildings are counted in Waubeka, and 65.8% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 22.1% rated Minimal.
Where Waubeka ranks
Compare Waubeka's two percentiles: 41st within Wisconsin, only 23rd nationally — a gap of 18 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Waubeka ranks 24,317 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,393 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 476 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Waubeka
Waubeka's moderate wildfire rating (23rd percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Waubeka (65.8%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Waubeka's 23rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Waubeka, see the exposure-zones guide.