Marion, OH
Marion, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Marion's 15,258 buildings earn a 4th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Marion's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 4th percentile nationally.
Marion's building exposure, zone by zone
99.4% of Marion's 15,258 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 0.6% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself. At 15,258 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How Marion compares
Marion's 21st-percentile standing inside Ohio outpaces its 4th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Marion ranks 30,270 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 970 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 997 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Marion and the insurance market
At the 4th national percentile, Marion rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
With 99.4% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Marion gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Marion's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 15,258 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Marion. The exposure-zones guide covers what Marion's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.