Leslie, MI
Leslie, MI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Leslie at the 10th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 985 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Leslie at the 11th national percentile — 0 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
Most of Leslie's buildings (78% of 985) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Leslie against the rest of the country
Within Michigan, Leslie ranks higher (34th percentile) than it does nationally (10th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Leslie ranks 28,342 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,038 by building count (1 is largest). Within Michigan alone, it ranks 490 of 745 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Michigan on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Leslie
Leslie's low rating (10th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Even with 78% of Leslie outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Leslie's 10th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Leslie, see the exposure-zones guide.