Fowler, MI
How exposed is Fowler to wildfire?
Fowler's 677 buildings earn a 2nd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Fowler's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 2nd percentile nationally.
Fowler's building exposure, zone by zone
Fowler rates 87.3% Minimal exposure against just 12.7% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 677 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Fowler against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Fowler's 2nd national percentile and its 3rd percentile inside Michigan, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Fowler ranks 30,922 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,901 by building count (1 is largest). Within Michigan alone, it ranks 724 of 745 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Michigan on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Fowler
At the 2nd national percentile, Fowler 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 Fowler
Even with 87.3% of Fowler outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Fowler's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Fowler's 30,922-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Fowler's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.