Berlin, OH
Berlin, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Berlin's 1,094 buildings earn a 36th-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.)
Separately from the risk score above, Berlin's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 38th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
53.7% of Berlin's 1,094 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 587 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 46.3% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Berlin ranks
Berlin's 78th-percentile standing inside Ohio outpaces its 36th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Berlin ranks 20,336 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,317 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 282 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Berlin and the insurance market
At the 36th national percentile, Berlin 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 53.7% of Berlin 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.
More on how this number was built
Berlin's 36th-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 Berlin, see the exposure-zones guide.