Amherst, OH
How exposed is Amherst to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Amherst lands at the 29th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 6,322 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Amherst at the 28th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Amherst's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Amherst's buildings (59.6% of 6,322) 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 6,322 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Amherst ranks
Amherst'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, Amherst ranks 22,351 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,740 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 462 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Amherst
At the 29th national percentile, Amherst rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Amherst
Even with 59.6% of Amherst 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 Amherst's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 6,322 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Amherst. The exposure-zones guide covers what Amherst's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.