Dunkirk, OH
Dunkirk, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Dunkirk's 587 buildings earn a 1st-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Dunkirk's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 1st percentile nationally.
Dunkirk's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 77.9% of Dunkirk's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 22.2% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
How Dunkirk compares
Dunkirk's risk sits at a similar level relative to Ohio (6th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (1st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Dunkirk ranks 31,180 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,010 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 1,181 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Dunkirk and the insurance market
At the 1st national percentile, Dunkirk rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Dunkirk
With 77.9% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Dunkirk gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Dunkirk's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 587 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Dunkirk. The exposure-zones guide covers what Dunkirk's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.