Macksburg, OH
Macksburg, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Macksburg at the 41st national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 144 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Macksburg's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 42nd percentile nationally.
Where Macksburg's buildings actually sit
Of Macksburg's 144 counted buildings, 60.4% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Macksburg compares
Macksburg's 89th-percentile standing inside Ohio outpaces its 41st 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, Macksburg ranks 18,698 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,129 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 138 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
Macksburg's elevated rating (41st percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Macksburg
Macksburg's 60.4% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 144 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Macksburg. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Macksburg, see the exposure-zones guide.