Lewiston, MI
How exposed is Lewiston to wildfire?
USFS scores Lewiston at the 55th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 1,333 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Lewiston at the 53rd percentile, close to its 55th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Lewiston's 1,333 counted buildings, 67.3% carry Direct exposure and only 2.5% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Lewiston compares
Lewiston's 97th-percentile standing inside Michigan outpaces its 55th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lewiston ranks 14,087 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,918 by building count (1 is largest). Within Michigan alone, it ranks 23 of 745 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Michigan on its state page.
Lewiston and the insurance market
Lewiston's elevated rating (55th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Lewiston's 67.3% 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.
Where Lewiston's figures come from
Lewiston's 55th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Lewiston's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.