Pancoastburg, OH
Pancoastburg wildfire risk explained
Pancoastburg's 100 buildings earn a 13th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Pancoastburg at the 14th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Pancoastburg's building exposure, zone by zone
54% of Pancoastburg's 100 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 46% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Pancoastburg compares
Pancoastburg's 39th-percentile standing inside Ohio outpaces its 13th 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, Pancoastburg ranks 27,430 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,047 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 774 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 13th national percentile, Pancoastburg 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 Pancoastburg
Pancoastburg's 54% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Pancoastburg's figures come from
Pancoastburg's 13th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Pancoastburg's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.