WildfireRiskFinder

Summitville, OH

How exposed is Summitville to wildfire?

Moderate
37thpercentile nationally

USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Summitville at the 37th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 98 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)

Separately from the risk score above, Summitville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 38th percentile nationally.

Where Summitville's buildings actually sit

98Total buildings
53.1%Direct exposure
46.9%Indirect exposure
0%Minimal exposure

Direct exposure dominates in Summitville: 53.1% of its 98 buildings, versus 46.9% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.

Where Summitville ranks

Compare Summitville's two percentiles: 80th within Ohio, only 37th nationally — a gap of 43 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Summitville ranks 20,021 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,148 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 255 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.

Shopping for coverage in Summitville

Summitville's moderate wildfire rating (37th 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

Summitville's 53.1% 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 98 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Summitville. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Summitville, see the exposure-zones guide.