Maple City, MI
Maple City, MI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Maple City sits at the 19th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 151 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Maple City's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 20th percentile nationally.
Where Maple City's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Maple City: 69.5% of its 151 buildings, versus 30.5% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Maple City compares
Compare Maple City's two percentiles: 65th within Michigan, only 19th nationally — a gap of 45 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Maple City ranks 25,437 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,844 by building count (1 is largest). Within Michigan alone, it ranks 264 of 745 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Michigan on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 19th national percentile, Maple City 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 Maple City
With 69.5% of Maple City in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 151 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Maple City. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Maple City, see the exposure-zones guide.