Prospect, OH
Prospect wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Prospect at the 2nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 728 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Prospect at the 2nd percentile, close to its 2nd-percentile risk score.
Prospect's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 89% of Prospect's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 11% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
How Prospect compares
Prospect's risk sits at a similar level relative to Ohio (12th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (2nd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Prospect ranks 30,967 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,364 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 1,118 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Prospect and the insurance market
At the 2nd national percentile, Prospect rates low 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 Prospect
Prospect's 89% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Prospect's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Prospect's 30,967-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Prospect's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.