Huron, OH
How exposed is Huron to wildfire?
Huron's 3,701 buildings earn a 16th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Huron's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 14th percentile nationally.
Huron's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Huron's buildings (92% of 3,701) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
How Huron compares
Within Ohio, Huron ranks higher (45th percentile) than it does nationally (16th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Huron ranks 26,415 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,520 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 699 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Huron
Huron's low rating (16th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Huron
Even with 92% of Huron 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.
Where Huron's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Huron's 26,415-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Huron's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.