Buford, OH
How exposed is Buford to wildfire?
Buford's 279 buildings earn a 8th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Buford at the 9th percentile, close to its 8th-percentile risk score.
Buford's building exposure, zone by zone
279 buildings are counted in Buford, and 86% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 1.4% rated Minimal.
Where Buford ranks
Buford's 29th-percentile standing inside Ohio outpaces its 8th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Buford ranks 28,977 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,231 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 893 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Buford
At the 8th national percentile, Buford 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
Buford's 86% 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 Buford's figures come from
Buford's 8th-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 Buford's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.