Ossineke, MI
Ossineke wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Ossineke lands at the 25th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 693 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Ossineke's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 25th percentile nationally.
Ossineke's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Ossineke: 80.1% of its 693 buildings, versus 19.3% Indirect and 0.6% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Ossineke ranks
Within Michigan, Ossineke ranks higher (76th percentile) than it does nationally (25th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Ossineke ranks 23,540 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,733 by building count (1 is largest). Within Michigan alone, it ranks 180 of 745 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Michigan on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Ossineke
Ossineke's moderate wildfire rating (25th 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 Ossineke
With 80.1% of Ossineke 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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Ossineke's 23,540-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Ossineke, see the exposure-zones guide.