Linndale, OH
Linndale wildfire risk explained
Linndale's 90 buildings earn a 21st-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 Linndale at the 23rd national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Linndale's building exposure, zone by zone
Linndale rates 98.9% Minimal exposure against just 1.1% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 90 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Where Linndale ranks
Compare Linndale's two percentiles: 52nd within Ohio, only 21st nationally — a gap of 31 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Linndale ranks 24,838 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,505 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 608 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Linndale
At the 21st national percentile, Linndale rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Linndale
Linndale's 98.9% 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 Linndale's figures come from
Linndale's 21st-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 Linndale's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.