Parma, MI
Parma, MI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Parma at the 16th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 381 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Parma at the 17th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Parma's buildings actually sit
Most of Parma's buildings (74.8%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
How Parma compares
Within Michigan, Parma ranks higher (56th percentile) than it does nationally (16th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Parma ranks 26,343 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,619 by building count (1 is largest). Within Michigan alone, it ranks 327 of 745 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Michigan on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Parma
At the 16th national percentile, Parma 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 Parma
Because 74.8% of Parma'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 Parma's figures come from
Parma's 16th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Parma's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.