Blakeslee, OH
How exposed is Blakeslee to wildfire?
USFS scores Blakeslee at the 4th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 87 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Blakeslee at the 4th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Blakeslee's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Blakeslee's buildings (94.3% of 87) 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.
How Blakeslee compares
Blakeslee's 20th-percentile standing inside Ohio outpaces its 4th 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, Blakeslee ranks 30,427 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,628 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 1,015 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
Blakeslee's low wildfire rating (4th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Blakeslee
Blakeslee's 94.3% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Blakeslee's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Blakeslee's 30,427-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Blakeslee's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.