Mineral City, OH
How exposed is Mineral City to wildfire?
Mineral City sits at the 40th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 433 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Mineral City at the 42nd national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Mineral City's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Mineral City (57.5% of 433 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 42.5% sit in the Direct zone.
How Mineral City compares
Compare Mineral City's two percentiles: 88th within Ohio, only 40th nationally — a gap of 48 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mineral City ranks 18,821 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,592 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 155 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Mineral City
At the 40th national percentile, Mineral City rates elevated 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
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Mineral City (57.5% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Mineral City's 40th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Mineral City, see the exposure-zones guide.