North Star, OH
How exposed is North Star to wildfire?
North Star sits at the 0th 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 180 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, North Star's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 0th percentile nationally.
North Star's building exposure, zone by zone
85% of North Star's 180 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 15% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
North Star against the rest of the country
There's little gap between North Star's 0th national percentile and its 2nd percentile inside Ohio, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, North Star ranks 31,409 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,645 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 1,239 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in North Star
North Star's low rating (0th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Even with 85% of North Star outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind North Star's 31,409-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond North Star, see the exposure-zones guide.