Michigamme, MI
Michigamme wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Michigamme lands at the 36th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 418 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Michigamme at the 37th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Michigamme's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Michigamme's 418 counted buildings, 65.6% carry Direct exposure and only 2.4% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Michigamme ranks
Michigamme's 88th-percentile standing inside Michigan outpaces its 36th 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, Michigamme ranks 20,069 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,859 by building count (1 is largest). Within Michigan alone, it ranks 91 of 745 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Michigan on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Michigamme
Michigamme's moderate wildfire rating (36th 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.
Hardening a home in Michigamme
Because Direct exposure dominates in Michigamme (65.6%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Michigamme's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Michigamme's 20,069-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Michigamme's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.