Polk, OH
Polk, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Polk's 282 buildings earn a 30th-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.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Polk at the 30th percentile, close to its 30th-percentile risk score.
Where Polk's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Polk: 96.8% of its 282 buildings, versus 3.2% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Polk compares
Polk's 64th-percentile standing inside Ohio outpaces its 30th 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, Polk ranks 22,229 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,127 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 457 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Polk and the insurance market
Polk's moderate wildfire rating (30th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Polk
Because Direct exposure dominates in Polk (96.8%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Polk's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 282 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Polk. The exposure-zones guide covers what Polk's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.