Jennings, MI
Jennings wildfire risk explained
Jennings sits at the 33rd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 180 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Jennings at the 32nd percentile, close to its 33rd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Jennings's 180 counted buildings, 65% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Jennings against the rest of the country
Compare Jennings's two percentiles: 85th within Michigan, only 33rd nationally — a gap of 51 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Jennings ranks 20,985 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,627 by building count (1 is largest). Within Michigan alone, it ranks 113 of 745 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Michigan on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Jennings
At the 33rd national percentile, Jennings rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Jennings's 65% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
Jennings's 33rd-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 Jennings, see the exposure-zones guide.