Brecksville, OH
How exposed is Brecksville to wildfire?
Brecksville sits at the 31st percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 5,669 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Brecksville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 32nd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Brecksville: 73.3% of its 5,669 buildings, versus 21.2% Indirect and 5.5% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap. At 5,669 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Brecksville against the rest of the country
Compare Brecksville's two percentiles: 69th within Ohio, only 31st nationally — a gap of 37 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Brecksville ranks 21,658 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,052 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 397 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Brecksville and the insurance market
Brecksville's moderate wildfire rating (31st 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Brecksville (73.3%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Brecksville's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Brecksville's 21,658-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Brecksville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.