Plainville, OH
Plainville, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Plainville's 100 buildings earn a 20th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Plainville at the 22nd national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Plainville: 68% of its 100 buildings, versus 32% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Plainville ranks
Within Ohio, Plainville ranks higher (51st percentile) than it does nationally (20th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Plainville ranks 25,162 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,048 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 621 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Plainville and the insurance market
Plainville's moderate rating (20th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Plainville's 68% 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 100 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Plainville. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Plainville, see the exposure-zones guide.