North Lima, OH
How exposed is North Lima to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts North Lima at the 36th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 1,229 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks North Lima at the 35th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
North Lima's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in North Lima: 69% of its 1,229 buildings, versus 31% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where North Lima ranks
Within Ohio, North Lima ranks higher (77th percentile) than it does nationally (36th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, North Lima ranks 20,340 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,480 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 286 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in North Lima
At the 36th national percentile, North Lima rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in North Lima
North Lima's 69% 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 North Lima's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,229 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for North Lima. The exposure-zones guide covers what North Lima's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.