Marengo, OH
Marengo, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Marengo lands at the 22nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 212 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Marengo at the 22nd percentile, close to its 22nd-percentile risk score.
Marengo's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Marengo (68.4% of 212 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 17% sit in the Direct zone.
Marengo against the rest of the country
Within Ohio, Marengo ranks higher (54th percentile) than it does nationally (22nd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Marengo ranks 24,499 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,408 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 585 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Marengo
Marengo's moderate rating (22nd 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
Marengo's 68.4% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Marengo's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Marengo's 24,499-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Marengo's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.