Tuppers Plains, OH
How exposed is Tuppers Plains to wildfire?
Tuppers Plains sits at the 42nd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 401 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Tuppers Plains's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 44th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Tuppers Plains's 401 counted buildings, 73.8% 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.
Tuppers Plains against the rest of the country
Within Ohio, Tuppers Plains ranks higher (93rd percentile) than it does nationally (42nd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Tuppers Plains ranks 18,258 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,194 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 91 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Tuppers Plains and the insurance market
Tuppers Plains's elevated rating (42nd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Tuppers Plains's 73.8% 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.
Where Tuppers Plains's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Tuppers Plains's 18,258-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Tuppers Plains's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.