Caledonia, OH
Caledonia, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Caledonia sits at the 3rd 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 389 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Caledonia at the 3rd percentile, close to its 3rd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Caledonia's buildings (87.9% of 389) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Where Caledonia ranks
There's little gap between Caledonia's 3rd national percentile and its 18th percentile inside Ohio, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Caledonia ranks 30,587 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,431 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 1,038 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Caledonia
Caledonia's low rating (3rd 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
Even with 87.9% of Caledonia outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Caledonia's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Caledonia's 30,587-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Caledonia's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.