Groesbeck, OH
How exposed is Groesbeck to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Groesbeck lands at the 12th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 3,134 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Groesbeck at the 14th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Groesbeck's building exposure, zone by zone
Only 35.3% of Groesbeck's 3,134 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0.8% carry Indirect; the remaining 64% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Where Groesbeck ranks
Compare Groesbeck's two percentiles: 37th within Ohio, only 12th nationally — a gap of 25 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Groesbeck ranks 27,616 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,248 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 794 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Groesbeck and the insurance market
Groesbeck's low wildfire rating (12th 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
With 64% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Groesbeck gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Groesbeck's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 3,134 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Groesbeck. The exposure-zones guide covers what Groesbeck's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.