Edwardsburg, MI
Edwardsburg wildfire risk explained
Edwardsburg sits at the 8th 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 637 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Edwardsburg at the 8th percentile, close to its 8th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Edwardsburg's buildings (79.4% of 637) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Edwardsburg against the rest of the country
Within Michigan, Edwardsburg ranks higher (23rd percentile) than it does nationally (8th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Edwardsburg ranks 29,094 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,379 by building count (1 is largest). Within Michigan alone, it ranks 575 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
Edwardsburg's low rating (8th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Edwardsburg
Edwardsburg's 79.4% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Edwardsburg's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 637 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Edwardsburg. The exposure-zones guide covers what Edwardsburg's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.