Holmesville, OH
Holmesville wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Holmesville lands at the 34th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 247 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Holmesville at the 36th percentile, close to its 34th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
247 buildings are counted in Holmesville, and 87.5% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 12.6% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Holmesville ranks
Holmesville's 75th-percentile standing inside Ohio outpaces its 34th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Holmesville ranks 20,776 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,247 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 323 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Holmesville
Holmesville's moderate wildfire rating (34th 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 ember exposure the dominant pattern in Holmesville (87.5% 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 247 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Holmesville. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Holmesville, see the exposure-zones guide.