Maybee, MI
Maybee, MI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Maybee sits at the 4th 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 356 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Maybee at the 4th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Maybee's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 81.2% of Maybee's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 18.8% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Maybee against the rest of the country
Maybee scores 4th nationally and 9th within Michigan — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Maybee ranks 30,293 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,159 by building count (1 is largest). Within Michigan alone, it ranks 681 of 745 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Michigan on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Maybee
Maybee's low wildfire rating (4th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
With 81.2% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Maybee gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Maybee's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 356 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Maybee. The exposure-zones guide covers what Maybee's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.