Adena, OH
How exposed is Adena to wildfire?
Adena sits at the 45th 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 570 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Adena at the 47th percentile, close to its 45th-percentile risk score.
Where Adena's buildings actually sit
59.8% of Adena's 570 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 40.2% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Adena ranks
Compare Adena's two percentiles: 97th within Ohio, only 45th nationally — a gap of 52 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Adena ranks 17,244 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,255 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 40 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Adena and the insurance market
At the 45th national percentile, Adena rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Adena's 59.8% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Adena's 45th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Adena, see the exposure-zones guide.