South Euclid, OH
South Euclid wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, South Euclid lands at the 21st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 10,743 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks South Euclid at the 24th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where South Euclid's buildings actually sit
Most of South Euclid's buildings (94.6% of 10,743) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure. At 10,743 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where South Euclid ranks
South Euclid's 52nd-percentile standing inside Ohio outpaces its 21st 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, South Euclid ranks 24,814 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,476 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 606 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in South Euclid
South Euclid's moderate wildfire rating (21st 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
South Euclid's 94.6% 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.
More on how this number was built
South Euclid's 21st-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond South Euclid, see the exposure-zones guide.