L'Anse, MI
How exposed is L'Anse to wildfire?
L'Anse 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 1,193 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks L'Anse at the 34th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
76.7% of L'Anse's 1,193 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 22% Direct and 1.3% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How L'Anse compares
Within Michigan, L'Anse ranks higher (85th percentile) than it does nationally (33rd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, L'Anse ranks 21,048 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,688 by building count (1 is largest). Within Michigan alone, it ranks 114 of 745 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Michigan on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in L'Anse
At the 33rd national percentile, L'Anse 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
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in L'Anse (76.7% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind L'Anse's 21,048-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond L'Anse, see the exposure-zones guide.