Powell, OH
Powell wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Powell lands at the 10th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 4,204 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 Powell at the 11th percentile, close to its 10th-percentile risk score.
Where Powell's buildings actually sit
Most of Powell's buildings (78.1% of 4,204) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Where Powell ranks
Within Ohio, Powell ranks higher (32nd percentile) than it does nationally (10th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Powell ranks 28,409 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,053 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 864 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Powell
Powell's low rating (10th 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 Powell
With 78.1% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Powell gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 4,204 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Powell. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Powell, see the exposure-zones guide.