Crystal Falls, MI
Crystal Falls, MI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Crystal Falls's 1,329 buildings earn a 70th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Crystal Falls at the 70th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
1,329 buildings are counted in Crystal Falls, and 67.2% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 32.8% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Crystal Falls ranks
Within Michigan, Crystal Falls ranks higher (99th percentile) than it does nationally (70th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Crystal Falls ranks 9,361 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,932 by building count (1 is largest). Within Michigan alone, it ranks 10 of 745 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Michigan on its state page.
Crystal Falls and the insurance market
At the 70th percentile nationally, Crystal Falls carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Hardening a home in Crystal Falls
Because 67.2% of Crystal Falls'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 Crystal Falls's figures come from
Crystal Falls's 70th-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 Crystal Falls's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.