Bellevue, MI
Bellevue wildfire risk explained
Bellevue's 746 buildings earn a 18th-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 Bellevue at the 18th percentile, close to its 18th-percentile risk score.
Bellevue's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Bellevue's buildings (67.3%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Where Bellevue ranks
Within Michigan, Bellevue ranks higher (59th percentile) than it does nationally (18th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bellevue ranks 25,969 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,163 by building count (1 is largest). Within Michigan alone, it ranks 302 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
At the 18th national percentile, Bellevue rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 67.3% of Bellevue's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Bellevue's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Bellevue's 25,969-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Bellevue's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.