Waldron, MI
Waldron, MI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Waldron lands at the 1st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 332 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Waldron's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 2nd percentile nationally.
Waldron's building exposure, zone by zone
Only 22.9% of Waldron's 332 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 77.1% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Waldron against the rest of the country
Waldron scores 1st nationally and 2nd within Michigan — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Waldron ranks 31,082 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,759 by building count (1 is largest). Within Michigan alone, it ranks 735 of 745 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Michigan on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Waldron
Waldron's low rating (1st percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Even with 77.1% of Waldron outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Waldron's 1st-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Waldron, see the exposure-zones guide.