Amberley, OH
Amberley, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Amberley lands at the 12th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 1,718 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Amberley at the 14th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Amberley's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 76.7% of Amberley's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 23.3% Minimal share — a profile where 1,318 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Amberley against the rest of the country
Compare Amberley's two percentiles: 35th within Ohio, only 12th nationally — a gap of 24 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Amberley ranks 27,899 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,358 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 819 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 12th national percentile, Amberley rates low 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
With 76.7% of Amberley in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Amberley's 12th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Amberley, see the exposure-zones guide.