East Sparta, OH
East Sparta, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts East Sparta at the 37th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 548 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, East Sparta's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 39th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS puts 73.4% of East Sparta's 548 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 26.6% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where East Sparta ranks
Compare East Sparta's two percentiles: 82nd within Ohio, only 37th nationally — a gap of 44 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, East Sparta ranks 19,801 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,604 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 234 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in East Sparta
East Sparta's moderate wildfire rating (37th 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
East Sparta's 73.4% 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 East Sparta's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind East Sparta's 19,801-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what East Sparta's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.