Ballville, OH
How exposed is Ballville to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Ballville at the 2nd national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 2,082 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Ballville at the 2nd national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Ballville's building exposure, zone by zone
80.1% of Ballville's 2,082 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 19.9% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Ballville against the rest of the country
Ballville scores 2nd nationally and 13th within Ohio — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Ballville ranks 30,897 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,247 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 1,094 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 2nd national percentile, Ballville rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Ballville's 80.1% 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.
Where Ballville's figures come from
Ballville's 2nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Ballville's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.