Cecil, OH
Cecil, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Cecil lands at the 3rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 166 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Cecil at the 2nd national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Cecil's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Cecil's buildings (79.5% of 166) 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 Cecil ranks
Cecil's risk sits at a similar level relative to Ohio (16th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (3rd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Cecil ranks 30,678 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,184 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 1,053 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Cecil and the insurance market
Cecil'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.
What would actually reduce this score
Cecil's 79.5% 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 166 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Cecil. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Cecil, see the exposure-zones guide.