Powhatan Point, OH
Powhatan Point wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Powhatan Point at the 39th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 1,054 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Powhatan Point at the 40th percentile, close to its 39th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Powhatan Point's buildings (73%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Powhatan Point against the rest of the country
Powhatan Point's 85th-percentile standing inside Ohio outpaces its 39th 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, Powhatan Point ranks 19,266 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,575 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 196 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Powhatan Point and the insurance market
At the 39th national percentile, Powhatan Point rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Powhatan Point (73% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Powhatan Point's figures come from
Powhatan Point'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 Powhatan Point's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.