Harrietta, MI
Harrietta wildfire risk explained
Harrietta's 157 buildings earn a 31st-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.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Harrietta at the 31st percentile, close to its 31st-percentile risk score.
Where Harrietta's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 65% of Harrietta's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 35% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 102 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Harrietta compares
Within Michigan, Harrietta ranks higher (84th percentile) than it does nationally (31st) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Harrietta ranks 21,683 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,568 by building count (1 is largest). Within Michigan alone, it ranks 122 of 745 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Michigan on its state page.
Harrietta and the insurance market
Harrietta's moderate rating (31st 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
With 65% of Harrietta in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 157 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Harrietta. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Harrietta, see the exposure-zones guide.