Greilickville, MI
Greilickville wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Greilickville at the 20th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 997 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Greilickville at the 20th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Greilickville's buildings actually sit
53.8% of Greilickville's 997 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 42.6% Direct and 3.6% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Greilickville against the rest of the country
Within Michigan, Greilickville ranks higher (65th percentile) than it does nationally (20th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Greilickville ranks 25,370 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,956 by building count (1 is largest). Within Michigan alone, it ranks 259 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
At the 20th national percentile, Greilickville 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 Greilickville
Greilickville's 53.8% 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 Greilickville's figures come from
Greilickville's 20th-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 Greilickville's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.