Cleveland, OH
Cleveland, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Cleveland at the 22nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 171,181 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Cleveland's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 23rd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
99.5% of Cleveland's 171,181 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 0.6% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself. At 171,181 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Cleveland ranks
Cleveland's 54th-percentile standing inside Ohio outpaces its 22nd national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Cleveland ranks 24,528 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 34 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 589 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Cleveland
Cleveland's moderate wildfire rating (22nd 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.
Hardening a home in Cleveland
Cleveland's 99.5% 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.
Where Cleveland's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 171,181 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Cleveland. The exposure-zones guide covers what Cleveland's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.