Mineral Ridge, OH
Mineral Ridge, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Mineral Ridge sits at the 34th 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 2,223 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Mineral Ridge at the 34th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 46.7% of Mineral Ridge's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 12.5% Indirect share and far above its 40.9% Minimal share — a profile where 1,038 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Mineral Ridge ranks
Mineral Ridge's 74th-percentile standing inside Ohio outpaces its 34th 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, Mineral Ridge ranks 20,838 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,879 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 331 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 34th national percentile, Mineral Ridge 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
Mineral Ridge's 46.7% 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 Mineral Ridge's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,223 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Mineral Ridge. The exposure-zones guide covers what Mineral Ridge's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.