Alvordton, OH
Alvordton wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Alvordton at the 1st national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 176 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Alvordton's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 1st percentile nationally.
Where Alvordton's buildings actually sit
84.1% of Alvordton's 176 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 15.9% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Alvordton against the rest of the country
Alvordton's risk sits at a similar level relative to Ohio (8th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (1st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Alvordton ranks 31,084 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,796 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 1,150 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Alvordton's low rating (1st percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Even with 84.1% of Alvordton 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
Alvordton's 1st-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 Alvordton, see the exposure-zones guide.