Rockford, MI
Rockford, MI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Rockford lands at the 22nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 2,387 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Rockford at the 23rd national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Rockford's buildings (77.6%) 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.
Rockford against the rest of the country
Within Michigan, Rockford ranks higher (70th percentile) than it does nationally (22nd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rockford ranks 24,555 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,537 by building count (1 is largest). Within Michigan alone, it ranks 221 of 745 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Michigan on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Rockford
Rockford's moderate wildfire rating (22nd 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 77.6% of Rockford'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 Rockford's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Rockford's 24,555-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Rockford's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.