Arlington Heights, OH
Arlington Heights wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Arlington Heights lands at the 13th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 432 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Arlington Heights at the 16th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
98.2% of Arlington Heights's 432 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 1.9% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Arlington Heights against the rest of the country
Compare Arlington Heights's two percentiles: 39th within Ohio, only 13th nationally — a gap of 26 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Arlington Heights ranks 27,393 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,608 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 770 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
At the 13th national percentile, Arlington Heights 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 Arlington Heights
Arlington Heights's 98.2% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 432 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Arlington Heights. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Arlington Heights, see the exposure-zones guide.