Kidron, OH
Kidron wildfire risk explained
Kidron's 649 buildings earn a 24th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Kidron at the 25th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Kidron's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Kidron: 55% of its 649 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 45% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Kidron ranks
Kidron's 56th-percentile standing inside Ohio outpaces its 24th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Kidron ranks 24,086 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,212 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 554 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Kidron's moderate wildfire rating (24th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Kidron's 55% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Kidron's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Kidron's 24,086-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Kidron's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.