Garrettsville, OH
How exposed is Garrettsville to wildfire?
Garrettsville's 1,169 buildings earn a 35th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Garrettsville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 37th percentile nationally.
Garrettsville's building exposure, zone by zone
55% of Garrettsville's 1,169 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 643 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 45% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How Garrettsville compares
Garrettsville's 76th-percentile standing inside Ohio outpaces its 35th 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, Garrettsville ranks 20,583 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,836 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 309 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Garrettsville
At the 35th national percentile, Garrettsville rates moderate 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 Garrettsville
Garrettsville's 55% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Garrettsville's figures come from
Garrettsville's 35th-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 Garrettsville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.