Malinta, OH
How exposed is Malinta to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Malinta at the 0th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 185 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Malinta at the 0th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Malinta's building exposure, zone by zone
Only 9.7% of Malinta's 185 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 90.3% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Where Malinta ranks
Malinta's risk sits at a similar level relative to Ohio (1st percentile statewide) as it does nationally (0th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Malinta ranks 31,438 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,431 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 1,242 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Malinta and the insurance market
Malinta's low rating (0th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Even with 90.3% of Malinta 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 Malinta's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 185 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Malinta. The exposure-zones guide covers what Malinta's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.