Mendon, OH
How exposed is Mendon to wildfire?
Mendon's 461 buildings earn a 2nd-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, Mendon's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 2nd percentile nationally.
Where Mendon's buildings actually sit
Mendon rates 87% Minimal exposure against just 13% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 461 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Where Mendon ranks
There's little gap between Mendon's 2nd national percentile and its 13th percentile inside Ohio, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mendon ranks 30,905 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,048 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 1,102 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
Mendon's low rating (2nd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Mendon
With 87% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Mendon gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Mendon's figures come from
Mendon's 2nd-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 Mendon's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.