Pittsford, MI
How exposed is Pittsford to wildfire?
USFS scores Pittsford at the 12th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 441 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Pittsford's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 12th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
56% of Pittsford's 441 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 44% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Pittsford against the rest of the country
Pittsford's 40th-percentile standing inside Michigan outpaces its 12th 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, Pittsford ranks 27,890 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,434 by building count (1 is largest). Within Michigan alone, it ranks 451 of 745 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Michigan on its state page.
Pittsford and the insurance market
Pittsford's low wildfire rating (12th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 56% of Pittsford'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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 441 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Pittsford. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Pittsford, see the exposure-zones guide.