Forestville, MI
Forestville, MI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Forestville at the 6th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 239 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Forestville at the 6th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Forestville's buildings actually sit
Of Forestville's 239 counted buildings, 51.9% carry Direct exposure and only 48.1% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Forestville ranks
There's little gap between Forestville's 6th national percentile and its 17th percentile inside Michigan, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Forestville ranks 29,506 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,496 by building count (1 is largest). Within Michigan alone, it ranks 615 of 745 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Michigan on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Forestville
Forestville's low wildfire rating (6th 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 Forestville
With 51.9% of Forestville in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Forestville's figures come from
Forestville's 6th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Forestville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.