Argentine, MI
How exposed is Argentine to wildfire?
Argentine's 1,335 buildings earn a 17th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Argentine at the 19th percentile, close to its 17th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
56.9% of Argentine's 1,335 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 760 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 24.7% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 18.4% are Minimal.
Where Argentine ranks
Compare Argentine's two percentiles: 59th within Michigan, only 17th nationally — a gap of 41 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Argentine ranks 26,064 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,909 by building count (1 is largest). Within Michigan alone, it ranks 309 of 745 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Michigan on its state page.
Argentine and the insurance market
Argentine's low rating (17th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Argentine
Argentine's 56.9% 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 Argentine's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,335 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Argentine. The exposure-zones guide covers what Argentine's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.