Montrose-Ghent, OH
Montrose-Ghent wildfire risk explained
Montrose-Ghent sits at the 33rd 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 2,942 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Montrose-Ghent at the 33rd 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
Of Montrose-Ghent's 2,942 counted buildings, 82.2% carry Direct exposure and only 0.1% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Montrose-Ghent against the rest of the country
Compare Montrose-Ghent's two percentiles: 73rd within Ohio, only 33rd nationally — a gap of 40 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Montrose-Ghent ranks 21,119 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,528 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 347 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Montrose-Ghent
Montrose-Ghent's moderate rating (33rd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Montrose-Ghent
With 82.2% of Montrose-Ghent in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Montrose-Ghent's figures come from
Montrose-Ghent's 33rd-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 Montrose-Ghent's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.