Pinconning, MI
Pinconning, MI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Pinconning at the 19th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 731 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Pinconning at the 19th percentile, close to its 19th-percentile risk score.
Pinconning's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Pinconning's buildings (90.2% of 731) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Pinconning against the rest of the country
Compare Pinconning's two percentiles: 64th within Michigan, only 19th nationally — a gap of 45 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Pinconning ranks 25,499 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,322 by building count (1 is largest). Within Michigan alone, it ranks 271 of 745 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Michigan on its state page.
Pinconning and the insurance market
Pinconning's low rating (19th 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 Pinconning
With 90.2% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Pinconning gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Pinconning's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 731 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Pinconning. The exposure-zones guide covers what Pinconning's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.