McKinley Heights, OH
How exposed is McKinley Heights to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts McKinley Heights at the 33rd national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 714 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks McKinley Heights at the 34th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where McKinley Heights's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 51.1% of McKinley Heights's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 38.1% Direct and 10.8% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
McKinley Heights against the rest of the country
McKinley Heights's 72nd-percentile standing inside Ohio outpaces its 33rd 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, McKinley Heights ranks 21,247 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,521 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 358 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
McKinley Heights's moderate rating (33rd 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
With 51.1% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, McKinley Heights gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where McKinley Heights's figures come from
McKinley Heights's 33rd-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 McKinley Heights's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.