Eastlake, MI
Eastlake wildfire risk explained
Eastlake's 349 buildings earn a 28th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Eastlake at the 27th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Eastlake's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Eastlake (69.1% of 349 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 30.7% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Eastlake ranks
Within Michigan, Eastlake ranks higher (79th percentile) than it does nationally (28th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Eastlake ranks 22,628 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,336 by building count (1 is largest). Within Michigan alone, it ranks 152 of 745 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Michigan on its state page.
Eastlake and the insurance market
Eastlake's moderate rating (28th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Eastlake (69.1% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 349 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Eastlake. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Eastlake, see the exposure-zones guide.