Linden, MI
Linden, MI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Linden's 1,837 buildings earn a 14th-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 Linden at the 16th percentile, close to its 14th-percentile risk score.
Linden's building exposure, zone by zone
Only 28.7% of Linden's 1,837 buildings carry Direct exposure and 23.3% carry Indirect; the remaining 48% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
How Linden compares
Within Michigan, Linden ranks higher (50th percentile) than it does nationally (14th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Linden ranks 27,011 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,956 by building count (1 is largest). Within Michigan alone, it ranks 378 of 745 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Michigan on its state page.
Linden and the insurance market
At the 14th national percentile, Linden rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Linden
With 48% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Linden gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Linden's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,837 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Linden. The exposure-zones guide covers what Linden's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.