Bass Lake, OH
How exposed is Bass Lake to wildfire?
USFS scores Bass Lake 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 262 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Bass Lake at the 34th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Bass Lake's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Bass Lake: 97.7% of its 262 buildings, versus 2.3% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Bass Lake compares
Within Ohio, Bass Lake ranks higher (71st percentile) than it does nationally (32nd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bass Lake ranks 21,376 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,780 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 373 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Bass Lake and the insurance market
At the 32nd national percentile, Bass Lake rates moderate 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 Bass Lake
Because Direct exposure dominates in Bass Lake (97.7%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Bass Lake's 32nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Bass Lake, see the exposure-zones guide.