Devola, OH
Devola wildfire risk explained
Devola's 1,508 buildings earn a 38th-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.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Devola at the 39th percentile, close to its 38th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
53.3% of Devola's 1,508 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 46.3% Direct and 0.5% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Devola compares
Compare Devola's two percentiles: 83rd within Ohio, only 38th nationally — a gap of 45 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Devola ranks 19,610 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,129 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 218 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
At the 38th national percentile, Devola 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 Devola
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Devola (53.3% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Devola's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,508 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Devola. The exposure-zones guide covers what Devola's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.