Piketon, OH
How exposed is Piketon to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Piketon at the 41st national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 1,116 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Piketon at the 44th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Piketon's building exposure, zone by zone
1,116 buildings are counted in Piketon, and 61.1% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 38.9% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Piketon against the rest of the country
Within Ohio, Piketon ranks higher (88th percentile) than it does nationally (41st) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Piketon ranks 18,762 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,178 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 148 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 41st national percentile, Piketon rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 61.1% of Piketon'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 Piketon's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,116 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Piketon. The exposure-zones guide covers what Piketon's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.