Guilford Lake, OH
How exposed is Guilford Lake to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Guilford Lake lands at the 35th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 1,041 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Guilford Lake at the 34th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Guilford Lake's buildings actually sit
1,041 buildings are counted in Guilford Lake, and 70.8% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 7.1% rated Minimal.
Guilford Lake against the rest of the country
Within Ohio, Guilford Lake ranks higher (76th percentile) than it does nationally (35th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Guilford Lake ranks 20,555 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,649 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 307 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Guilford Lake
At the 35th national percentile, Guilford Lake rates moderate 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
Because Direct exposure dominates in Guilford Lake (70.8%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Guilford Lake's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Guilford Lake's 20,555-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Guilford Lake's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.