Kimbolton, OH
Kimbolton, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Kimbolton at the 43rd national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 131 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Kimbolton at the 44th 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
65.7% of Kimbolton's 131 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 86 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 34.4% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How Kimbolton compares
Compare Kimbolton's two percentiles: 94th within Ohio, only 43rd nationally — a gap of 51 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Kimbolton ranks 18,002 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,682 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 74 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Kimbolton and the insurance market
At the 43rd national percentile, Kimbolton rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 65.7% of Kimbolton in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Kimbolton's 43rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Kimbolton, see the exposure-zones guide.