Douglas, MI
Douglas, MI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Douglas sits at the 17th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,133 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Douglas at the 18th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Douglas's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 56.1% of Douglas's 1,133 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 43.9% Direct and 0.1% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Douglas against the rest of the country
Within Michigan, Douglas ranks higher (59th 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, Douglas ranks 26,034 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,059 by building count (1 is largest). Within Michigan alone, it ranks 307 of 745 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Michigan on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Douglas
Douglas's low wildfire rating (17th 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.
Hardening a home in Douglas
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Douglas (56.1% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Douglas's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,133 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Douglas. The exposure-zones guide covers what Douglas's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.