Belleville, MI
Belleville, MI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Belleville at the 18th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 1,789 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Belleville at the 20th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Belleville's buildings actually sit
Most of Belleville's buildings (97.2% of 1,789) 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.
How Belleville compares
Belleville's 60th-percentile standing inside Michigan outpaces its 18th 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, Belleville ranks 25,908 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,099 by building count (1 is largest). Within Michigan alone, it ranks 296 of 745 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Michigan on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Belleville
Belleville's low wildfire rating (18th 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
Belleville's 97.2% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Belleville's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Belleville's 25,908-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Belleville's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.