Sardinia, OH
Sardinia wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Sardinia lands at the 18th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 720 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Sardinia at the 20th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Sardinia's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 52.8% of Sardinia's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 29.4% Indirect share and far above its 17.8% Minimal share — a profile where 380 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Sardinia compares
Compare Sardinia's two percentiles: 48th within Ohio, only 18th nationally — a gap of 30 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Sardinia ranks 25,820 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,455 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 660 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Sardinia
Sardinia's low wildfire rating (18th 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 52.8% of Sardinia 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.
Where Sardinia's figures come from
Sardinia's 18th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Sardinia's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.