Woodland, MI
How exposed is Woodland to wildfire?
USFS scores Woodland at the 4th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 256 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Woodland's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 4th percentile nationally.
Where Woodland's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 71.9% of Woodland's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 28.1% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Where Woodland ranks
There's little gap between Woodland's 4th national percentile and its 8th percentile inside Michigan, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Woodland ranks 30,298 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,942 by building count (1 is largest). Within Michigan alone, it ranks 686 of 745 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Michigan on its state page.
Woodland and the insurance market
At the 4th national percentile, Woodland 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 Woodland
Even with 71.9% of Woodland 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's 4th-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, see the exposure-zones guide.