Corning, OH
How exposed is Corning to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Corning at the 41st national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 358 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Corning's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 42nd percentile nationally.
Corning's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Corning's buildings (67.3%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
How Corning compares
Compare Corning's two percentiles: 91st within Ohio, only 41st nationally — a gap of 50 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Corning ranks 18,475 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,112 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 112 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
At the 41st national percentile, Corning rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 67.3% of Corning's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Corning's figures come from
Corning's 41st-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Corning's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.