Belpre, OH
How exposed is Belpre to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Belpre lands at the 32nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 3,572 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Belpre at the 33rd national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Belpre's building exposure, zone by zone
3,572 buildings are counted in Belpre, and 91.3% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 5.7% in Direct exposure or the 3% rated Minimal.
How Belpre compares
Compare Belpre's two percentiles: 70th within Ohio, only 32nd nationally — a gap of 38 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Belpre ranks 21,496 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,687 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 384 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Belpre and the insurance market
Belpre's moderate rating (32nd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Belpre (91.3% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Belpre's figures come from
Belpre's 32nd-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 Belpre's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.