College Corner, OH
College Corner wildfire risk explained
College Corner sits at the 4th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 195 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, College Corner's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 4th percentile nationally.
Where College Corner's buildings actually sit
88.2% of College Corner's 195 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 11.8% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
College Corner against the rest of the country
Compare College Corner's two percentiles: 22nd within Ohio, only 4th nationally — a gap of 17 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, College Corner ranks 30,236 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,038 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 990 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
College Corner and the insurance market
College Corner's low rating (4th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Even with 88.2% of College Corner outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind College Corner's 30,236-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond College Corner, see the exposure-zones guide.