Nunica, MI
Nunica wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Nunica at the 28th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 290 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Nunica at the 28th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Nunica's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Nunica's 290 counted buildings, 70.3% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Nunica ranks
Nunica's 79th-percentile standing inside Michigan outpaces its 28th 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, Nunica ranks 22,659 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,911 by building count (1 is largest). Within Michigan alone, it ranks 156 of 745 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Michigan on its state page.
Nunica and the insurance market
Nunica's moderate rating (28th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Nunica
With 70.3% of Nunica 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.
Where Nunica's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 290 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Nunica. The exposure-zones guide covers what Nunica's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.