Frankenmuth, MI
Frankenmuth wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Frankenmuth at the 2nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 2,179 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Frankenmuth at the 3rd percentile, close to its 2nd-percentile risk score.
Where Frankenmuth's buildings actually sit
Only 11.1% of Frankenmuth's 2,179 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 88.9% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Frankenmuth against the rest of the country
Frankenmuth scores 2nd nationally and 3rd within Michigan — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Frankenmuth ranks 30,829 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,995 by building count (1 is largest). Within Michigan alone, it ranks 719 of 745 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Michigan on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Frankenmuth
Frankenmuth's low rating (2nd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 88.9% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Frankenmuth gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Frankenmuth's figures come from
Frankenmuth's 2nd-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 Frankenmuth's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.