Clarington, OH
Clarington, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Clarington's 323 buildings earn a 40th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Clarington at the 41st percentile, close to its 40th-percentile risk score.
Where Clarington's buildings actually sit
323 buildings are counted in Clarington, and 53.9% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0.3% rated Minimal.
Clarington against the rest of the country
Compare Clarington's two percentiles: 87th within Ohio, only 40th nationally — a gap of 47 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Clarington ranks 18,883 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,017 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 160 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Clarington and the insurance market
Clarington's elevated wildfire rating (40th 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 Direct exposure dominates in Clarington (53.9%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Clarington's figures come from
Clarington's 40th-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 Clarington's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.