Bolton, OH
Bolton, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Bolton's 348 buildings earn a 35th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Bolton's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 35th percentile nationally.
Bolton's building exposure, zone by zone
Bolton rates 53.7% Minimal exposure against just 46.3% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 348 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
How Bolton compares
Compare Bolton's two percentiles: 77th within Ohio, only 35th nationally — a gap of 42 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bolton ranks 20,395 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,376 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 291 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Bolton
At the 35th national percentile, Bolton rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 53.7% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Bolton gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Bolton's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Bolton's 20,395-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Bolton's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.