Woodhaven, MI
How exposed is Woodhaven to wildfire?
Woodhaven sits at the 15th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 5,027 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Woodhaven at the 17th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Woodhaven's buildings actually sit
Woodhaven rates 96.3% Minimal exposure against just 3.7% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 5,027 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually. At 5,027 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Woodhaven against the rest of the country
Woodhaven's 51st-percentile standing inside Michigan outpaces its 15th 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, Woodhaven ranks 26,888 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,413 by building count (1 is largest). Within Michigan alone, it ranks 369 of 745 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Michigan on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Woodhaven
At the 15th national percentile, Woodhaven rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Even with 96.3% of Woodhaven 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.
Where Woodhaven's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 5,027 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Woodhaven. The exposure-zones guide covers what Woodhaven's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.