Glendale, OH
Glendale, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Glendale at the 12th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 1,417 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Glendale at the 15th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Glendale's buildings actually sit
70.3% of Glendale's 1,417 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 996 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 29.7% are Minimal.
Where Glendale ranks
Compare Glendale's two percentiles: 37th within Ohio, only 12th nationally — a gap of 25 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Glendale ranks 27,712 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,555 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 800 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Glendale
At the 12th national percentile, Glendale rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Glendale (70.3%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,417 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Glendale. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Glendale, see the exposure-zones guide.