Bolindale, OH
How exposed is Bolindale to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Bolindale at the 27th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 1,298 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Bolindale at the 28th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Bolindale's buildings actually sit
Most of Bolindale's buildings (78.7% of 1,298) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Where Bolindale ranks
Within Ohio, Bolindale ranks higher (60th percentile) than it does nationally (27th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bolindale ranks 23,049 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,087 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 507 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Bolindale
At the 27th national percentile, Bolindale 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 78.7% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Bolindale gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Bolindale's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Bolindale's 23,049-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Bolindale's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.