Bainbridge (Geauga), OH
Bainbridge (Geauga), OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Bainbridge (Geauga) at the 32nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 3,591 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Bainbridge (Geauga) at the 33rd percentile, close to its 32nd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
3,591 buildings are counted in Bainbridge (Geauga), and 82.3% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 2.6% rated Minimal.
How Bainbridge (Geauga) compares
Compare Bainbridge (Geauga)'s two percentiles: 69th within Ohio, only 32nd nationally — a gap of 37 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bainbridge (Geauga) ranks 21,495 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,661 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 383 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Bainbridge (Geauga) and the insurance market
Bainbridge (Geauga)'s moderate rating (32nd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
With 82.3% of Bainbridge (Geauga) in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Bainbridge (Geauga)'s figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 3,591 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Bainbridge (Geauga). The exposure-zones guide covers what Bainbridge (Geauga)'s dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.