Akron, MI
How exposed is Akron to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Akron lands at the 1st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 285 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Akron at the 1st national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Akron's buildings actually sit
Most of Akron's buildings (78.6% of 285) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Akron against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Akron's 1st national percentile and its 0th percentile inside Michigan, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Akron ranks 31,364 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,034 by building count (1 is largest). Within Michigan alone, it ranks 743 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
Akron's low wildfire rating (1st 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
Even with 78.6% of Akron outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Akron's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 285 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Akron. The exposure-zones guide covers what Akron's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.