Omena, MI
Omena wildfire risk explained
Omena sits at the 26th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 360 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Omena's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 27th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Omena's 360 counted buildings, 94.4% carry Direct exposure and only 1.9% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Omena against the rest of the country
Omena's 78th-percentile standing inside Michigan outpaces its 26th 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, Omena ranks 23,195 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,058 by building count (1 is largest). Within Michigan alone, it ranks 168 of 745 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Michigan on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Omena
At the 26th national percentile, Omena rates moderate 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 Omena
Because Direct exposure dominates in Omena (94.4%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Omena's 23,195-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Omena, see the exposure-zones guide.