Woodland Beach, MI
How exposed is Woodland Beach to wildfire?
Woodland Beach sits at the 10th 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 1,154 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Woodland Beach at the 10th percentile, close to its 10th-percentile risk score.
Woodland Beach's building exposure, zone by zone
99.7% of Woodland Beach's 1,154 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 0.4% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Woodland Beach against the rest of the country
Woodland Beach's 33rd-percentile standing inside Michigan outpaces its 10th 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, Woodland Beach ranks 28,465 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,923 by building count (1 is largest). Within Michigan alone, it ranks 505 of 745 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Michigan on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Woodland Beach
At the 10th national percentile, Woodland Beach 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 99.7% of Woodland Beach 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
Woodland Beach's 10th-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 Woodland Beach, see the exposure-zones guide.