Wauzeka, WI
Wauzeka wildfire risk explained
Wauzeka sits at the 31st percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — 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.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Wauzeka at the 32nd percentile, close to its 31st-percentile risk score.
Where Wauzeka's buildings actually sit
Most of Wauzeka's buildings (59.3%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Wauzeka against the rest of the country
Wauzeka's 67th-percentile standing inside Wisconsin outpaces its 31st national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Wauzeka ranks 21,828 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,207 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 269 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Wauzeka and the insurance market
At the 31st national percentile, Wauzeka rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Wauzeka
Because 59.3% of Wauzeka'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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 454 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Wauzeka. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Wauzeka, see the exposure-zones guide.