Greenland, MI
Greenland, MI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Greenland's 170 buildings earn a 25th-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.)
Separately from the risk score above, Greenland's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 26th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Greenland: 61.8% of its 170 buildings, versus 38.2% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Greenland ranks
Compare Greenland's two percentiles: 75th within Michigan, only 25th nationally — a gap of 50 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Greenland ranks 23,605 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,030 by building count (1 is largest). Within Michigan alone, it ranks 184 of 745 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Michigan on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Greenland
Greenland's moderate rating (25th 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 Greenland (61.8%), 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
Greenland's 25th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Greenland, see the exposure-zones guide.