Centerburg, OH
How exposed is Centerburg to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Centerburg lands at the 12th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 827 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Centerburg at the 12th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Centerburg's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 71.1% of Centerburg's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 28.9% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Centerburg against the rest of the country
Within Ohio, Centerburg ranks higher (35th percentile) than it does nationally (12th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Centerburg ranks 27,868 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,378 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 814 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 12th national percentile, Centerburg 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 71.1% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Centerburg gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Centerburg's figures come from
Centerburg's 12th-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 Centerburg's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.