Upper Sandusky, OH
Upper Sandusky, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Upper Sandusky sits at the 2nd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 3,572 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Upper Sandusky's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 2nd percentile nationally.
Where Upper Sandusky's buildings actually sit
92.6% of Upper Sandusky's 3,572 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 7.5% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
How Upper Sandusky compares
Upper Sandusky scores 2nd nationally and 14th 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, Upper Sandusky ranks 30,874 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,688 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 1,093 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Upper Sandusky
Upper Sandusky's low rating (2nd 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
Upper Sandusky's 92.6% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Upper Sandusky's 2nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Upper Sandusky, see the exposure-zones guide.