Brooklyn, OH
Brooklyn wildfire risk explained
Brooklyn sits at the 18th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 6,251 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Brooklyn's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 20th percentile nationally.
Brooklyn's building exposure, zone by zone
98.4% of Brooklyn's 6,251 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 1.6% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself. At 6,251 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Brooklyn ranks
Within Ohio, Brooklyn ranks higher (48th percentile) than it does nationally (18th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Brooklyn ranks 25,757 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,774 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 655 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
Brooklyn's low rating (18th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Brooklyn's 98.4% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Brooklyn's figures come from
Brooklyn's 18th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Brooklyn's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.