Middlefield, OH
Middlefield, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Middlefield sits at the 35th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,268 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Middlefield's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 38th percentile nationally.
Where Middlefield's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 75.5% of Middlefield's 1,268 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 24.5% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Middlefield ranks
Compare Middlefield's two percentiles: 77th within Ohio, only 35th nationally — a gap of 42 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Middlefield ranks 20,367 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,258 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 290 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
At the 35th national percentile, Middlefield rates moderate 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
Because 75.5% of Middlefield's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Middlefield's 20,367-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Middlefield, see the exposure-zones guide.