Port Washington, OH
Port Washington, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Port Washington lands at the 39th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 350 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 Port Washington at the 39th percentile, close to its 39th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS puts 74.6% of Port Washington's 350 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 25.4% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How Port Washington compares
Within Ohio, Port Washington ranks higher (85th percentile) than it does nationally (39th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Port Washington ranks 19,234 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,315 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 190 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Port Washington and the insurance market
Port Washington's moderate rating (39th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Port Washington's 74.6% 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 Port Washington's figures come from
Port Washington's 39th-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 Port Washington's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.