South Solon, OH
South Solon wildfire risk explained
USFS scores South Solon at the 0th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 240 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 South Solon at the 0th percentile, close to its 0th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of South Solon's buildings (89.6% of 240) 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.
South Solon against the rest of the country
South Solon scores 0th nationally and 0th within Ohio — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, South Solon ranks 31,505 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,476 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 1,263 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
South Solon's low rating (0th 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 South Solon
With 89.6% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, South Solon gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where South Solon's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind South Solon's 31,505-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what South Solon's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.