Clifton, OH
Clifton, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Clifton lands at the 8th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 133 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Clifton at the 9th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Clifton's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 59.4% of Clifton's 133 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 40.6% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Clifton ranks
Within Ohio, Clifton ranks higher (30th percentile) than it does nationally (8th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Clifton ranks 28,945 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,590 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 891 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Clifton and the insurance market
Clifton's low wildfire rating (8th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Clifton's 59.4% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 133 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Clifton. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Clifton, see the exposure-zones guide.