River Rouge, MI
River Rouge, MI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
River Rouge's 4,165 buildings earn a 2nd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts River Rouge at the 3rd percentile, close to its 2nd-percentile risk score.
Where River Rouge's buildings actually sit
Most of River Rouge's buildings (100% of 4,165) 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.
Where River Rouge ranks
River Rouge's risk sits at a similar level relative to Michigan (2nd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (2nd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, River Rouge ranks 30,953 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,086 by building count (1 is largest). Within Michigan alone, it ranks 727 of 745 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Michigan on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in River Rouge
River Rouge's low wildfire rating (2nd 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.
Hardening a home in River Rouge
With 100% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, River Rouge gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where River Rouge's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 4,165 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for River Rouge. The exposure-zones guide covers what River Rouge's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.