Conneaut, OH
How exposed is Conneaut to wildfire?
USFS scores Conneaut at the 36th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 6,971 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Conneaut's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 37th percentile nationally.
Conneaut's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 62.3% of Conneaut's 6,971 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 29.1% Direct and 8.6% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to. At 6,971 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Conneaut ranks
Conneaut's 79th-percentile standing inside Ohio outpaces its 36th 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, Conneaut ranks 20,239 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,479 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 268 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Conneaut's moderate wildfire rating (36th 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 Conneaut
Conneaut's 62.3% 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.
Where Conneaut's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 6,971 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Conneaut. The exposure-zones guide covers what Conneaut's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.