Bremen, OH
Bremen, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Bremen lands at the 37th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 841 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Bremen at the 37th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in Bremen (81.9% of 841 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 18.1% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Bremen ranks
Compare Bremen's two percentiles: 81st within Ohio, only 37th nationally — a gap of 44 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bremen ranks 19,891 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,243 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 243 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Bremen and the insurance market
Bremen's moderate rating (37th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Bremen (81.9% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Bremen's 19,891-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Bremen, see the exposure-zones guide.