Beallsville, OH
Beallsville, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Beallsville's 302 buildings earn a 44th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Beallsville at the 47th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Beallsville's buildings actually sit
302 buildings are counted in Beallsville, and 68.2% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
How Beallsville compares
Compare Beallsville's two percentiles: 96th within Ohio, only 44th nationally — a gap of 52 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Beallsville ranks 17,559 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,581 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 50 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Beallsville
Beallsville's elevated rating (44th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Beallsville
Because Direct exposure dominates in Beallsville (68.2%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Beallsville's figures come from
Beallsville's 44th-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 Beallsville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.