Alexandria, OH
Alexandria wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Alexandria lands at the 25th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 303 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Alexandria's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 25th percentile nationally.
Alexandria's building exposure, zone by zone
Alexandria rates 53.8% Minimal exposure against just 46.2% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 303 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Alexandria against the rest of the country
Alexandria's 58th-percentile standing inside Ohio outpaces its 25th 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, Alexandria ranks 23,579 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,547 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 532 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Alexandria and the insurance market
Alexandria's moderate wildfire rating (25th 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
Even with 53.8% of Alexandria outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Alexandria's figures come from
Alexandria's 25th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Alexandria's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.