Sebewaing, MI
Sebewaing, MI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Sebewaing sits at the 12th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,298 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Sebewaing's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 11th percentile nationally.
Sebewaing's building exposure, zone by zone
72.2% of Sebewaing's 1,298 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 6.6% Direct and 21.3% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Sebewaing compares
Within Michigan, Sebewaing ranks higher (41st percentile) than it does nationally (12th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Sebewaing ranks 27,772 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,084 by building count (1 is largest). Within Michigan alone, it ranks 443 of 745 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Michigan on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Sebewaing
At the 12th national percentile, Sebewaing 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
Because 72.2% of Sebewaing'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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Sebewaing's 27,772-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Sebewaing, see the exposure-zones guide.