Romulus, MI
How exposed is Romulus to wildfire?
Romulus's 12,865 buildings earn a 15th-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 Romulus at the 17th percentile, close to its 15th-percentile risk score.
Romulus's building exposure, zone by zone
82.4% of Romulus's 12,865 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 17.6% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself. At 12,865 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Romulus ranks
Within Michigan, Romulus ranks higher (53rd percentile) than it does nationally (15th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Romulus ranks 26,726 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,183 by building count (1 is largest). Within Michigan alone, it ranks 354 of 745 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Michigan on its state page.
Romulus and the insurance market
At the 15th national percentile, Romulus rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 82.4% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Romulus gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Romulus's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 12,865 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Romulus. The exposure-zones guide covers what Romulus's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.