Harrisburg (Stark), OH
Harrisburg (Stark), OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Harrisburg (Stark) at the 18th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 313 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Harrisburg (Stark) at the 18th percentile, close to its 18th-percentile risk score.
Where Harrisburg (Stark)'s buildings actually sit
69.3% of Harrisburg (Stark)'s 313 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 217 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 30.7% are Minimal.
How Harrisburg (Stark) compares
Compare Harrisburg (Stark)'s two percentiles: 47th within Ohio, only 18th nationally — a gap of 29 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Harrisburg (Stark) ranks 26,014 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,295 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 672 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Harrisburg (Stark) and the insurance market
Harrisburg (Stark)'s low wildfire rating (18th 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 Harrisburg (Stark)
With 69.3% of Harrisburg (Stark) in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Harrisburg (Stark)'s figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 313 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Harrisburg (Stark). The exposure-zones guide covers what Harrisburg (Stark)'s dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.