Brookfield Center, OH
Brookfield Center, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Brookfield Center lands at the 33rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 813 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Brookfield Center at the 34th national percentile — 1 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
65.3% of Brookfield Center's 813 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 531 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 30.1% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 4.6% are Minimal.
Where Brookfield Center ranks
Within Ohio, Brookfield Center ranks higher (72nd percentile) than it does nationally (33rd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Brookfield Center ranks 21,185 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,526 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 352 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
Brookfield Center's moderate wildfire rating (33rd 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 Brookfield Center (65.3%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Brookfield Center's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Brookfield Center's 21,185-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Brookfield Center's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.