Martins Ferry, OH
Martins Ferry wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Martins Ferry at the 37th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 2,685 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Martins Ferry at the 38th percentile, close to its 37th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Martins Ferry's buildings (88.4%) 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.
Where Martins Ferry ranks
Martins Ferry's 81st-percentile standing inside Ohio outpaces its 37th 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, Martins Ferry ranks 19,864 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,954 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 241 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Martins Ferry and the insurance market
At the 37th national percentile, Martins Ferry rates moderate 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 ember exposure the dominant pattern in Martins Ferry (88.4% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Martins Ferry's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Martins Ferry's 19,864-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Martins Ferry's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.