Ahmeek, MI
How exposed is Ahmeek to wildfire?
Ahmeek's 137 buildings earn a 50th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Ahmeek at the 50th 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
137 buildings are counted in Ahmeek, and 86.1% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 13.9% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Ahmeek ranks
Within Michigan, Ahmeek ranks higher (95th percentile) than it does nationally (50th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Ahmeek ranks 15,632 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,402 by building count (1 is largest). Within Michigan alone, it ranks 36 of 745 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Michigan on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Ahmeek's elevated wildfire rating (50th 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
Ahmeek's 86.1% 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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Ahmeek's 15,632-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Ahmeek, see the exposure-zones guide.