Glouster, OH
Glouster, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Glouster's 1,065 buildings earn a 42nd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Glouster at the 42nd national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Glouster's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Glouster's buildings (57.7%) 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.
Glouster against the rest of the country
Within Ohio, Glouster ranks higher (92nd percentile) than it does nationally (42nd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Glouster ranks 18,382 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,493 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 104 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Glouster and the insurance market
Glouster's elevated rating (42nd 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 Glouster
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Glouster (57.7% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,065 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Glouster. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Glouster, see the exposure-zones guide.