North Kingsville, OH
North Kingsville wildfire risk explained
USFS scores North Kingsville at the 37th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 1,728 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, North Kingsville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 38th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 74.4% of North Kingsville's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 22.6% Indirect share and far above its 3% Minimal share — a profile where 1,285 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
North Kingsville against the rest of the country
North Kingsville's 81st-percentile standing inside Ohio outpaces its 37th 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, North Kingsville ranks 19,865 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,315 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 242 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
North Kingsville's moderate wildfire rating (37th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in North Kingsville
With 74.4% of North Kingsville 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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind North Kingsville's 19,865-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond North Kingsville, see the exposure-zones guide.