Creston, OH
How exposed is Creston to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Creston at the 17th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 1,269 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Creston's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 18th percentile nationally.
Creston's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 73.1% of Creston's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 26.9% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Creston against the rest of the country
Creston's 46th-percentile standing inside Ohio outpaces its 17th 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, Creston ranks 26,171 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,251 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 683 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Creston and the insurance market
Creston's low wildfire rating (17th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 73.1% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Creston gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Creston's figures come from
Creston's 17th-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 Creston's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.