Bessemer, MI
Bessemer, MI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Bessemer's 1,419 buildings earn a 12th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Bessemer's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 12th percentile nationally.
Where Bessemer's buildings actually sit
65.3% of Bessemer's 1,419 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 34.7% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Bessemer compares
Bessemer's 41st-percentile standing inside Michigan outpaces its 12th 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, Bessemer ranks 27,770 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,544 by building count (1 is largest). Within Michigan alone, it ranks 441 of 745 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Michigan on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Bessemer
Bessemer's low wildfire rating (12th 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
Bessemer's 65.3% 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 Bessemer's 27,770-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Bessemer, see the exposure-zones guide.