Trufant, MI
Trufant wildfire risk explained
Trufant's 375 buildings earn a 6th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Trufant at the 5th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
76.5% of Trufant's 375 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 23.5% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Trufant against the rest of the country
Trufant's risk sits at a similar level relative to Michigan (14th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (6th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Trufant ranks 29,785 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,763 by building count (1 is largest). Within Michigan alone, it ranks 643 of 745 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Michigan on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Trufant's low rating (6th 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 76.5% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Trufant gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Trufant's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Trufant's 29,785-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Trufant's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.