Beach City, OH
Beach City, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Beach City lands at the 30th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 641 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Beach City's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 31st percentile nationally.
Beach City's building exposure, zone by zone
88.3% of Beach City's 641 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 11.7% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Beach City compares
Compare Beach City's two percentiles: 65th within Ohio, only 30th nationally — a gap of 35 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Beach City ranks 22,097 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,312 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 441 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Beach City
At the 30th national percentile, Beach City rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Beach City (88.3% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Beach City's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Beach City's 22,097-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Beach City's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.