Genoa, OH
Genoa, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Genoa at the 2nd national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 1,374 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Genoa's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 2nd percentile nationally.
Genoa's building exposure, zone by zone
95.9% of Genoa's 1,374 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 4.1% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
How Genoa compares
There's little gap between Genoa's 2nd national percentile and its 13th percentile inside Ohio, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Genoa ranks 30,901 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,736 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 1,098 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Genoa
At the 2nd national percentile, Genoa rates low 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
Even with 95.9% of Genoa outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,374 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Genoa. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Genoa, see the exposure-zones guide.