Fountain, MI
Fountain wildfire risk explained
Fountain's 146 buildings earn a 26th-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.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Fountain at the 27th percentile, close to its 26th-percentile risk score.
Where Fountain's buildings actually sit
146 buildings are counted in Fountain, and 65.8% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Fountain against the rest of the country
Within Michigan, Fountain ranks higher (77th percentile) than it does nationally (26th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Fountain ranks 23,322 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,025 by building count (1 is largest). Within Michigan alone, it ranks 172 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
Fountain's moderate rating (26th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Fountain (65.8%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 146 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Fountain. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Fountain, see the exposure-zones guide.