Stafford, OH
How exposed is Stafford to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Stafford at the 43rd national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 69 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Stafford's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 44th percentile nationally.
Stafford's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Stafford's 69 counted buildings, 95.7% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Stafford against the rest of the country
Compare Stafford's two percentiles: 94th within Ohio, only 43rd nationally — a gap of 51 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Stafford ranks 18,069 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,322 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 79 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Stafford
Stafford's elevated rating (43rd 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 Stafford
Stafford's 95.7% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 69 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Stafford. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Stafford, see the exposure-zones guide.