Bolivar, OH
Bolivar wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Bolivar at the 30th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 586 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Bolivar's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 32nd percentile nationally.
Where Bolivar's buildings actually sit
89.6% of Bolivar's 586 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 10.4% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Bolivar ranks
Within Ohio, Bolivar ranks higher (65th percentile) than it does nationally (30th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bolivar ranks 22,098 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,023 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 442 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Bolivar
Bolivar's moderate wildfire rating (30th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Bolivar (89.6% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Bolivar's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Bolivar's 22,098-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Bolivar's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.