Mantua, OH
How exposed is Mantua to wildfire?
Mantua's 610 buildings earn a 32nd-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.)
Separately from the risk score above, Mantua's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 34th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in Mantua (59.7% of 610 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 40.3% sit in the Direct zone.
How Mantua compares
Compare Mantua's two percentiles: 71st within Ohio, only 32nd nationally — a gap of 39 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mantua ranks 21,341 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,696 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 368 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Mantua
Mantua's moderate wildfire rating (32nd 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.
Hardening a home in Mantua
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Mantua (59.7% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 610 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Mantua. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Mantua, see the exposure-zones guide.