Richmond Dale, OH
Richmond Dale, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Richmond Dale lands at the 44th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 313 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Richmond Dale at the 46th national percentile — 1 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
80.5% of Richmond Dale's 313 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 19.5% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Richmond Dale against the rest of the country
Compare Richmond Dale's two percentiles: 96th within Ohio, only 44th nationally — a gap of 52 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Richmond Dale ranks 17,562 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,296 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 53 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Richmond Dale
At the 44th national percentile, Richmond Dale rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Richmond Dale (80.5% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Richmond Dale's 44th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Richmond Dale, see the exposure-zones guide.