Bainbridge (Ross), OH
How exposed is Bainbridge (Ross) to wildfire?
Bainbridge (Ross)'s 572 buildings earn a 40th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (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 (Ross) at the 42nd percentile, close to its 40th-percentile risk score.
Bainbridge (Ross)'s building exposure, zone by zone
572 buildings are counted in Bainbridge (Ross), and 85.5% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 14.5% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Bainbridge (Ross) against the rest of the country
Within Ohio, Bainbridge (Ross) ranks higher (87th percentile) than it does nationally (40th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bainbridge (Ross) ranks 19,014 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,222 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 172 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Bainbridge (Ross) and the insurance market
Bainbridge (Ross)'s moderate rating (40th 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
Bainbridge (Ross)'s 85.5% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Bainbridge (Ross)'s figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 572 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Bainbridge (Ross). The exposure-zones guide covers what Bainbridge (Ross)'s dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.