Richmond Heights, OH
How exposed is Richmond Heights to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Richmond Heights at the 22nd national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 3,732 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Richmond Heights at the 24th 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
Richmond Heights rates 80.2% Minimal exposure against just 19.8% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 3,732 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Where Richmond Heights ranks
Within Ohio, Richmond Heights ranks higher (53rd percentile) than it does nationally (22nd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Richmond Heights ranks 24,591 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,490 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 593 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Richmond Heights
Richmond Heights's moderate rating (22nd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Richmond Heights
With 80.2% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Richmond Heights gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Richmond Heights's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Richmond Heights's 24,591-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Richmond Heights's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.