Lake Buckhorn, OH
How exposed is Lake Buckhorn to wildfire?
USFS scores Lake Buckhorn at the 40th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 395 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 Lake Buckhorn at the 42nd percentile, close to its 40th-percentile risk score.
Where Lake Buckhorn's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 95.7% of Lake Buckhorn's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 3.5% Indirect share and far above its 0.8% Minimal share — a profile where 378 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Lake Buckhorn ranks
Lake Buckhorn's 86th-percentile standing inside Ohio outpaces its 40th 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, Lake Buckhorn ranks 19,039 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,321 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 175 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
Lake Buckhorn's moderate rating (40th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 95.7% of Lake Buckhorn 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 Lake Buckhorn's figures come from
Lake Buckhorn's 40th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Lake Buckhorn's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.