East Canton, OH
East Canton, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
East Canton sits at the 33rd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 866 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks East Canton at the 34th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in East Canton (71.4% of 866 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 28.6% sit in the Direct zone.
How East Canton compares
East Canton's 73rd-percentile standing inside Ohio outpaces its 33rd 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, East Canton ranks 21,092 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,024 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 344 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in East Canton
East Canton's moderate wildfire rating (33rd 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 East Canton
Because 71.4% of East Canton'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.
More on how this number was built
East Canton's 33rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond East Canton, see the exposure-zones guide.