Orwell, OH
Orwell wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Orwell lands at the 35th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 793 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Orwell at the 36th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Orwell's buildings actually sit
58.5% of Orwell's 793 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 41.5% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Orwell against the rest of the country
Compare Orwell's two percentiles: 76th within Ohio, only 35th nationally — a gap of 41 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Orwell ranks 20,495 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,704 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 303 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Orwell
At the 35th national percentile, Orwell 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 Orwell
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Orwell (58.5% 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 Orwell's 20,495-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Orwell, see the exposure-zones guide.