Broughton, OH
Broughton wildfire risk explained
Broughton's 94 buildings earn a 1st-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Broughton at the 1st 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
Only 11.7% of Broughton's 94 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 88.3% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
How Broughton compares
Broughton's risk sits at a similar level relative to Ohio (7th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (1st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Broughton ranks 31,117 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,329 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 1,164 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 1st national percentile, Broughton rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
With 88.3% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Broughton gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
Broughton's 1st-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Broughton, see the exposure-zones guide.