Cassopolis, MI
Cassopolis, MI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Cassopolis lands at the 6th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 914 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Cassopolis's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 6th percentile nationally.
Where Cassopolis's buildings actually sit
Cassopolis rates 70.5% Minimal exposure against just 17.3% Direct and 12.3% Indirect — of 914 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
How Cassopolis compares
There's little gap between Cassopolis's 6th national percentile and its 15th percentile inside Michigan, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Cassopolis ranks 29,659 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,604 by building count (1 is largest). Within Michigan alone, it ranks 632 of 745 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Michigan on its state page.
Cassopolis and the insurance market
At the 6th national percentile, Cassopolis rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Cassopolis's 70.5% 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 Cassopolis's figures come from
Cassopolis's 6th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Cassopolis's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.