Leland, MI
Leland wildfire risk explained
Leland's 564 buildings earn a 13th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Leland at the 12th percentile, close to its 13th-percentile risk score.
Leland's building exposure, zone by zone
55.5% of Leland's 564 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 41% Direct and 3.6% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Leland ranks
Within Michigan, Leland ranks higher (45th percentile) than it does nationally (13th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Leland ranks 27,485 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,340 by building count (1 is largest). Within Michigan alone, it ranks 415 of 745 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Michigan on its state page.
Leland and the insurance market
At the 13th national percentile, Leland rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Leland (55.5% 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
Leland's 13th-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 Leland, see the exposure-zones guide.