Fowlerville, MI
How exposed is Fowlerville to wildfire?
Fowlerville 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 1,422 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 Fowlerville at the 19th percentile, close to its 17th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Fowlerville's buildings (62.9%) 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.
How Fowlerville compares
Fowlerville's 59th-percentile standing inside Michigan outpaces its 17th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Fowlerville ranks 26,035 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,524 by building count (1 is largest). Within Michigan alone, it ranks 308 of 745 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Michigan on its state page.
Fowlerville and the insurance market
At the 17th national percentile, Fowlerville rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Fowlerville's 62.9% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Fowlerville's figures come from
Fowlerville's 17th-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 Fowlerville's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.