Wedgewood, MI
How exposed is Wedgewood to wildfire?
Wedgewood's 111 buildings earn a 30th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Wedgewood at the 29th percentile, close to its 30th-percentile risk score.
Where Wedgewood's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Wedgewood: 95.5% of its 111 buildings, versus 4.5% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Wedgewood compares
Wedgewood's 82nd-percentile standing inside Michigan outpaces its 30th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Wedgewood ranks 22,088 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,592 by building count (1 is largest). Within Michigan alone, it ranks 134 of 745 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Michigan on its state page.
Wedgewood and the insurance market
Wedgewood's moderate rating (30th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Wedgewood
With 95.5% of Wedgewood 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.
Where Wedgewood's figures come from
Wedgewood's 30th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Wedgewood's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.