Patterson, OH
How exposed is Patterson to wildfire?
Patterson's 83 buildings earn a 3rd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Patterson at the 3rd national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Patterson rates 85.5% Minimal exposure against just 14.5% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 83 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Patterson against the rest of the country
Patterson's risk sits at a similar level relative to Ohio (17th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (3rd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Patterson ranks 30,618 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,777 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 1,046 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Patterson
Patterson's low wildfire rating (3rd 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 Patterson
With 85.5% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Patterson gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 83 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Patterson. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Patterson, see the exposure-zones guide.