Lakeview, OH
Lakeview wildfire risk explained
Lakeview sits at the 2nd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 818 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Lakeview's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 2nd percentile nationally.
Where Lakeview's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 87% of Lakeview's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 13% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Lakeview against the rest of the country
Lakeview scores 2nd nationally and 9th within Ohio — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lakeview ranks 31,056 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,475 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 1,142 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Lakeview
At the 2nd national percentile, Lakeview rates low 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
Lakeview's 87% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Lakeview's figures come from
Lakeview's 2nd-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 Lakeview's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.