Johnstown, OH
Johnstown, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Johnstown at the 24th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 2,151 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Johnstown at the 24th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Johnstown's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Johnstown's buildings (55.6%) 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.
Johnstown against the rest of the country
Within Ohio, Johnstown ranks higher (57th percentile) than it does nationally (24th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Johnstown ranks 23,839 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,071 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 547 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Johnstown's moderate rating (24th 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
Because 55.6% of Johnstown's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Johnstown's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,151 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Johnstown. The exposure-zones guide covers what Johnstown's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.