Crooksville, OH
How exposed is Crooksville to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Crooksville lands at the 39th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 1,421 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Crooksville at the 40th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Crooksville's buildings (78%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Where Crooksville ranks
Within Ohio, Crooksville ranks higher (84th percentile) than it does nationally (39th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Crooksville ranks 19,387 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,532 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 204 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Crooksville and the insurance market
At the 39th national percentile, Crooksville rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Crooksville
Crooksville's 78% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Crooksville's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,421 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Crooksville. The exposure-zones guide covers what Crooksville's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.