North Zanesville, OH
North Zanesville, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
North Zanesville's 1,509 buildings earn a 31st-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks North Zanesville at the 33rd national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
North Zanesville's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 48.2% of North Zanesville's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 16.8% Indirect share and far above its 35.1% Minimal share — a profile where 727 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How North Zanesville compares
North Zanesville's 69th-percentile standing inside Ohio outpaces its 31st 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, North Zanesville ranks 21,663 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,125 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 402 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
North Zanesville and the insurance market
At the 31st national percentile, North Zanesville 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 North Zanesville
North Zanesville's 48.2% 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.
Where North Zanesville's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,509 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for North Zanesville. The exposure-zones guide covers what North Zanesville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.