Level Park-Oak Park, MI
Level Park-Oak Park wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Level Park-Oak Park lands at the 18th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 2,065 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Level Park-Oak Park's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 19th percentile nationally.
Level Park-Oak Park's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 58.5% of Level Park-Oak Park's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 41.5% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 1,208 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Level Park-Oak Park ranks
Within Michigan, Level Park-Oak Park ranks higher (60th percentile) than it does nationally (18th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Level Park-Oak Park ranks 25,945 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,299 by building count (1 is largest). Within Michigan alone, it ranks 301 of 745 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Michigan on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Level Park-Oak Park
At the 18th national percentile, Level Park-Oak Park rates low 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
Level Park-Oak Park's 58.5% 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Level Park-Oak Park's 25,945-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Level Park-Oak Park, see the exposure-zones guide.