Rittman, OH
How exposed is Rittman to wildfire?
USFS scores Rittman at the 22nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 3,111 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 Rittman at the 22nd percentile, close to its 22nd-percentile risk score.
Rittman's building exposure, zone by zone
81.7% of Rittman's 3,111 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 18.3% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Rittman against the rest of the country
Rittman's 52nd-percentile standing inside Ohio outpaces its 22nd national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rittman ranks 24,746 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,277 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 601 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Rittman'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 Rittman
Rittman's 81.7% 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 Rittman's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 3,111 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Rittman. The exposure-zones guide covers what Rittman's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.