Quinnesec, MI
Quinnesec, MI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Quinnesec's 698 buildings earn a 19th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Quinnesec's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 19th percentile nationally.
Quinnesec's building exposure, zone by zone
698 buildings are counted in Quinnesec, and 82% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 18.1% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Quinnesec ranks
Quinnesec's 62nd-percentile standing inside Michigan outpaces its 19th 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, Quinnesec ranks 25,655 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,672 by building count (1 is largest). Within Michigan alone, it ranks 281 of 745 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Michigan on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Quinnesec
At the 19th national percentile, Quinnesec rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 82% of Quinnesec'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 Quinnesec's figures come from
Quinnesec's 19th-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 Quinnesec's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.