Westwood, MI
How exposed is Westwood to wildfire?
USFS scores Westwood at the 10th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 3,446 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Westwood at the 11th percentile, close to its 10th-percentile risk score.
Where Westwood's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 68.9% of Westwood's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 18.5% Direct and 12.7% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
How Westwood compares
Compare Westwood's two percentiles: 33rd within Michigan, only 10th nationally — a gap of 23 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Westwood ranks 28,464 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,849 by building count (1 is largest). Within Michigan alone, it ranks 504 of 745 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Michigan on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Westwood
At the 10th national percentile, Westwood rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Westwood
With 68.9% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Westwood gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Westwood's figures come from
Westwood's 10th-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 Westwood's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.