East Palestine, OH
East Palestine wildfire risk explained
East Palestine's 2,876 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.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks East Palestine at the 37th national percentile — 0 points below 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 East Palestine's buildings (72.5%) 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 East Palestine ranks
Within Ohio, East Palestine ranks higher (82nd percentile) than it does nationally (38th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, East Palestine ranks 19,671 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,622 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 223 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in East Palestine
East Palestine's moderate rating (38th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in East Palestine
East Palestine's 72.5% 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,876 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for East Palestine. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond East Palestine, see the exposure-zones guide.