Delton, MI
Delton wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Delton at the 17th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 611 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Delton at the 18th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Delton's buildings actually sit
52.2% of Delton's 611 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 319 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 39.3% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 8.5% are Minimal.
Where Delton ranks
Within Michigan, Delton ranks higher (57th percentile) than it does nationally (17th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Delton ranks 26,219 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,680 by building count (1 is largest). Within Michigan alone, it ranks 316 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 17th national percentile, Delton 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
With 52.2% of Delton in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Delton's 26,219-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Delton, see the exposure-zones guide.