Bentleyville, OH
Bentleyville wildfire risk explained
Bentleyville sits at the 30th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 417 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Bentleyville at the 31st percentile, close to its 30th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Bentleyville's 417 counted buildings, 96.2% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Bentleyville compares
Bentleyville's 65th-percentile standing inside Ohio outpaces its 30th 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, Bentleyville ranks 22,066 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,890 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 436 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
Bentleyville's moderate rating (30th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 96.2% of Bentleyville 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.
Where Bentleyville's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Bentleyville's 22,066-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Bentleyville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.