Malvern, OH
Malvern, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Malvern at the 36th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 743 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Malvern's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 37th percentile nationally.
Where Malvern's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Malvern (82.2% of 743 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 17.8% sit in the Direct zone.
How Malvern compares
Malvern's 79th-percentile standing inside Ohio outpaces its 36th 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, Malvern ranks 20,240 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,200 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 269 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Malvern and the insurance market
At the 36th national percentile, Malvern rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Malvern
Because 82.2% of Malvern'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.
More on how this number was built
Malvern's 36th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Malvern, see the exposure-zones guide.