Mount Gilead, OH
Mount Gilead wildfire risk explained
Mount Gilead sits at the 14th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 2,060 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Mount Gilead's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 15th percentile nationally.
Where Mount Gilead's buildings actually sit
Mount Gilead rates 74.4% Minimal exposure against just 22.9% Direct and 2.7% Indirect — of 2,060 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Mount Gilead against the rest of the country
Compare Mount Gilead's two percentiles: 42nd within Ohio, only 14th nationally — a gap of 27 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mount Gilead ranks 27,019 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,314 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 740 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Mount Gilead
Mount Gilead's low rating (14th 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 Mount Gilead
With 74.4% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Mount Gilead gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Mount Gilead's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Mount Gilead's 27,019-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Mount Gilead's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.