Drexel, OH
How exposed is Drexel to wildfire?
Drexel sits at the 17th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,134 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Drexel's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 19th percentile nationally.
Where Drexel's buildings actually sit
Only 40.7% of Drexel's 1,134 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 59.4% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Where Drexel ranks
Within Ohio, Drexel ranks higher (46th percentile) than it does nationally (17th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Drexel ranks 26,172 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,051 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 684 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Drexel
At the 17th national percentile, Drexel rates low 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
Drexel's 59.4% 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,134 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Drexel. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Drexel, see the exposure-zones guide.