WildfireRiskFinder

Mogadore, OH

Mogadore, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers

Moderate
31stpercentile nationally

USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Mogadore at the 31st national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 2,127 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)

USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Mogadore at the 32nd percentile, close to its 31st-percentile risk score.

Mogadore's building exposure, zone by zone

2,127Total buildings
12.9%Direct exposure
74.3%Indirect exposure
12.8%Minimal exposure

2,127 buildings are counted in Mogadore, and 74.3% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 12.9% in Direct exposure or the 12.8% rated Minimal.

How Mogadore compares

Within Ohio, Mogadore ranks higher (67th percentile) than it does nationally (31st) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mogadore ranks 21,876 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,124 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 420 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 31st national percentile, Mogadore rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.

Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it

With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Mogadore (74.3% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.

Where Mogadore's figures come from

Mogadore's 31st-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 Mogadore's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.