Miami Heights, OH
Miami Heights wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Miami Heights at the 14th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 1,990 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Miami Heights's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 16th percentile nationally.
Where Miami Heights's buildings actually sit
Of Miami Heights's 1,990 counted buildings, 79.8% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Miami Heights compares
Miami Heights's 42nd-percentile standing inside Ohio outpaces its 14th 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, Miami Heights ranks 27,018 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,516 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 739 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Miami Heights
At the 14th national percentile, Miami Heights 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
Miami Heights's 79.8% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Miami Heights's figures come from
Miami Heights's 14th-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 Miami Heights's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.