Moscow, OH
How exposed is Moscow to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Moscow lands at the 18th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 152 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Moscow's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 19th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
57.9% of Moscow's 152 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 38.8% Direct and 3.3% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Moscow ranks
Within Ohio, Moscow ranks higher (48th percentile) than it does nationally (18th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Moscow ranks 25,855 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,816 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 661 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Moscow
At the 18th national percentile, Moscow rates low 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 Moscow
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Moscow (57.9% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Moscow's 25,855-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Moscow, see the exposure-zones guide.