Ridgeway, OH
How exposed is Ridgeway to wildfire?
Ridgeway sits at the 1st percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 246 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Ridgeway's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 1st percentile nationally.
Ridgeway's building exposure, zone by zone
Only 17.9% of Ridgeway's 246 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 82.1% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Ridgeway against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Ridgeway's 1st national percentile and its 8th percentile inside Ohio, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Ridgeway ranks 31,123 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,274 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 1,170 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Ridgeway and the insurance market
Ridgeway's low rating (1st 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 Ridgeway
Even with 82.1% of Ridgeway outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Ridgeway's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 246 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Ridgeway. The exposure-zones guide covers what Ridgeway's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.