Rio Grande, OH
Rio Grande, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Rio Grande sits at the 49th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 345 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Rio Grande at the 51st national percentile — 3 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
USFS classifies 50.7% of Rio Grande's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 49.3% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 175 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Rio Grande against the rest of the country
Compare Rio Grande's two percentiles: 98th within Ohio, only 49th nationally — a gap of 49 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rio Grande ranks 16,114 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,457 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 31 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Rio Grande
Rio Grande's elevated wildfire rating (49th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
With 50.7% of Rio Grande in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 345 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Rio Grande. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Rio Grande, see the exposure-zones guide.