Edmore, MI
How exposed is Edmore to wildfire?
USFS scores Edmore at the 13th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 621 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Edmore at the 11th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Edmore's building exposure, zone by zone
Only 15.6% of Edmore's 621 buildings carry Direct exposure and 4.5% carry Indirect; the remaining 79.9% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Where Edmore ranks
Within Michigan, Edmore ranks higher (45th percentile) than it does nationally (13th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Edmore ranks 27,386 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,542 by building count (1 is largest). Within Michigan alone, it ranks 407 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
Edmore's low wildfire rating (13th 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 Edmore
With 79.9% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Edmore gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Edmore's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 621 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Edmore. The exposure-zones guide covers what Edmore's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.