Bexley, OH
Bexley, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Bexley lands at the 6th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 6,071 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Bexley's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 8th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Bexley's buildings (97.3% of 6,071) 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 6,071 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Bexley ranks
Within Ohio, Bexley ranks higher (26th percentile) than it does nationally (6th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bexley ranks 29,608 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,852 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 931 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Bexley and the insurance market
Bexley's low rating (6th 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 Bexley
Even with 97.3% of Bexley 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 Bexley's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Bexley's 29,608-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Bexley's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.