Wadsworth, OH
How exposed is Wadsworth to wildfire?
Wadsworth sits at the 29th 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 9,480 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Wadsworth at the 30th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Wadsworth's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Wadsworth's buildings (86.5% of 9,480) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure. At 9,480 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Wadsworth ranks
Wadsworth's 64th-percentile standing inside Ohio outpaces its 29th 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, Wadsworth ranks 22,260 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,719 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 458 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Wadsworth
At the 29th national percentile, Wadsworth rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 86.5% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Wadsworth gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Wadsworth's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Wadsworth's 22,260-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Wadsworth's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.