Paris, MI
Paris, MI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Paris sits at the 19th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 211 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Paris at the 18th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Paris: 54% of its 211 buildings, versus 46% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Paris compares
Within Michigan, Paris ranks higher (63rd percentile) than it does nationally (19th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Paris ranks 25,564 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,439 by building count (1 is largest). Within Michigan alone, it ranks 276 of 745 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Michigan on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 19th national percentile, Paris rates low 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 Paris
Paris's 54% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
Paris's 19th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Paris, see the exposure-zones guide.