Ironton, OH
Ironton wildfire risk explained
Ironton sits at the 56th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 5,858 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Ironton at the 57th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
5,858 buildings are counted in Ironton, and 96% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 4% in Direct exposure or the 0.1% rated Minimal. At 5,858 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Ironton ranks
Within Ohio, Ironton ranks higher (99th percentile) than it does nationally (56th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Ironton ranks 13,878 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,940 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 16 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Ironton
Ironton's elevated rating (56th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Ironton's 96% 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 5,858 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Ironton. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Ironton, see the exposure-zones guide.