Collins, OH
Collins wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Collins lands at the 4th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 521 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Collins at the 4th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Collins: 69.5% of its 521 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 30.5% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Collins ranks
Within Ohio, Collins ranks higher (21st percentile) than it does nationally (4th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Collins ranks 30,237 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,014 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 991 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Collins
Collins'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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 69.5% of Collins in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Collins's 30,237-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Collins, see the exposure-zones guide.