Midway, OH
Midway wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Midway at the 0th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 211 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Midway's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 0th percentile nationally.
Where Midway's buildings actually sit
Most of Midway's buildings (89.6% of 211) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Midway against the rest of the country
Midway scores 0th nationally and 1st within Ohio — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Midway ranks 31,501 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,450 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 1,259 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Midway
Midway's low rating (0th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Midway's 89.6% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Midway's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Midway's 31,501-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Midway's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.