Broadview Heights, OH
Broadview Heights wildfire risk explained
Broadview Heights sits at the 28th 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 7,087 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Broadview Heights at the 30th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 54.9% of Broadview Heights's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 14.3% Indirect share and far above its 30.9% Minimal share — a profile where 3,889 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most. At 7,087 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How Broadview Heights compares
Compare Broadview Heights's two percentiles: 62nd within Ohio, only 28th nationally — a gap of 34 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Broadview Heights ranks 22,666 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,420 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 481 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 28th national percentile, Broadview Heights rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Broadview Heights
Broadview Heights's 54.9% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Broadview Heights's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 7,087 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Broadview Heights. The exposure-zones guide covers what Broadview Heights's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.