Wind Lake, WI
Wind Lake, WI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Wind Lake's 2,661 buildings earn a 29th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Wind Lake at the 30th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Wind Lake's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Wind Lake's 2,661 counted buildings, 61.7% carry Direct exposure and only 8% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Wind Lake against the rest of the country
Within Wisconsin, Wind Lake ranks higher (63rd percentile) than it does nationally (29th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Wind Lake ranks 22,301 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,001 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 303 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Wind Lake and the insurance market
At the 29th national percentile, Wind Lake 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 Wind Lake
Wind Lake's 61.7% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Wind Lake's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,661 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Wind Lake. The exposure-zones guide covers what Wind Lake's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.