Shaftsburg, MI
Shaftsburg, MI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Shaftsburg at the 23rd national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 282 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Shaftsburg at the 24th 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
Direct exposure dominates in Shaftsburg: 80.5% of its 282 buildings, versus 19.5% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Shaftsburg against the rest of the country
Compare Shaftsburg's two percentiles: 72nd within Michigan, only 23rd nationally — a gap of 49 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Shaftsburg ranks 24,270 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,119 by building count (1 is largest). Within Michigan alone, it ranks 210 of 745 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Michigan on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Shaftsburg
Shaftsburg's moderate rating (23rd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
With 80.5% of Shaftsburg in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 282 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Shaftsburg. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Shaftsburg, see the exposure-zones guide.