Strongsville, OH
Strongsville, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Strongsville sits at the 30th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 17,338 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Strongsville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 31st percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 74.7% of Strongsville's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 20.2% Direct and 5.2% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one. At 17,338 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Strongsville against the rest of the country
Strongsville's 67th-percentile standing inside Ohio outpaces its 30th 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, Strongsville ranks 21,944 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 820 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 424 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
Strongsville's moderate wildfire rating (30th 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.
Hardening a home in Strongsville
With 74.7% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Strongsville gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Strongsville's figures come from
Strongsville's 30th-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 Strongsville's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.