Fenton, MI
Fenton wildfire risk explained
Fenton 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 4,691 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Fenton at the 18th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Fenton's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Fenton's buildings (59.4%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Fenton against the rest of the country
Compare Fenton's two percentiles: 57th within Michigan, only 17th nationally — a gap of 40 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Fenton ranks 26,286 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,629 by building count (1 is largest). Within Michigan alone, it ranks 321 of 745 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Michigan on its state page.
Fenton and the insurance market
At the 17th national percentile, Fenton rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Fenton
Because 59.4% of Fenton's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Fenton's 26,286-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Fenton, see the exposure-zones guide.