Miltonsburg, OH
How exposed is Miltonsburg to wildfire?
Miltonsburg's 50 buildings earn a 46th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Miltonsburg at the 48th percentile, close to its 46th-percentile risk score.
Miltonsburg's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 100% of Miltonsburg's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 50 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Miltonsburg against the rest of the country
Miltonsburg's 97th-percentile standing inside Ohio outpaces its 46th 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, Miltonsburg ranks 17,155 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,937 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 39 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Miltonsburg
Miltonsburg's elevated rating (46th 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 Direct exposure dominates in Miltonsburg (100%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Miltonsburg's 17,155-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Miltonsburg, see the exposure-zones guide.