Canal Fulton, OH
Canal Fulton wildfire risk explained
Canal Fulton sits at the 30th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 2,315 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 Canal Fulton at the 30th percentile, close to its 30th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in Canal Fulton (81.6% of 2,315 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 18.4% sit in the Direct zone.
Canal Fulton against the rest of the country
Compare Canal Fulton's two percentiles: 65th within Ohio, only 30th nationally — a gap of 35 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Canal Fulton ranks 22,132 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,670 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 446 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
Canal Fulton's moderate wildfire rating (30th 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 81.6% of Canal Fulton's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Canal Fulton's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Canal Fulton's 22,132-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Canal Fulton's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.