Newberry, MI
Newberry, MI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Newberry lands at the 30th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 1,084 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Newberry at the 31st percentile, close to its 30th-percentile risk score.
Newberry's building exposure, zone by zone
1,084 buildings are counted in Newberry, and 97.1% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 3% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Newberry against the rest of the country
Compare Newberry's two percentiles: 83rd within Michigan, only 30th nationally — a gap of 52 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Newberry ranks 21,996 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,384 by building count (1 is largest). Within Michigan alone, it ranks 131 of 745 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Michigan on its state page.
Newberry and the insurance market
At the 30th national percentile, Newberry rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 97.1% of Newberry's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Newberry's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Newberry's 21,996-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Newberry's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.