Peebles, OH
Peebles wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Peebles lands at the 33rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 1,116 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Peebles at the 36th percentile, close to its 33rd-percentile risk score.
Where Peebles's buildings actually sit
81.1% of Peebles's 1,116 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 18.9% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Peebles against the rest of the country
Compare Peebles's two percentiles: 72nd within Ohio, only 33rd nationally — a gap of 39 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Peebles ranks 21,219 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,177 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 357 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
Peebles's moderate rating (33rd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Peebles
Because 81.1% of Peebles's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Peebles's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,116 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Peebles. The exposure-zones guide covers what Peebles's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.