Hesperia, MI
How exposed is Hesperia to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Hesperia lands at the 30th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 541 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Hesperia's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 28th percentile nationally.
Hesperia's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Hesperia's buildings (75.6%) 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.
Where Hesperia ranks
Within Michigan, Hesperia ranks higher (82nd percentile) than it does nationally (30th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hesperia ranks 22,157 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,698 by building count (1 is largest). Within Michigan alone, it ranks 138 of 745 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Michigan on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Hesperia
At the 30th national percentile, Hesperia rates moderate 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 Hesperia
Because 75.6% of Hesperia's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Hesperia's 30th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Hesperia, see the exposure-zones guide.