Brandt, OH
How exposed is Brandt to wildfire?
Brandt's 369 buildings earn a 11th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Brandt at the 11th percentile, close to its 11th-percentile risk score.
Where Brandt's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Brandt: 51.8% of its 369 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 48.2% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Brandt ranks
Brandt's 33rd-percentile standing inside Ohio outpaces its 11th 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, Brandt ranks 28,217 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,889 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 851 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Brandt and the insurance market
At the 11th national percentile, Brandt rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
With 51.8% of Brandt 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.
Where Brandt's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Brandt's 28,217-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Brandt's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.