Proctorville, OH
Proctorville, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Proctorville sits at the 56th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 401 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Proctorville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 57th percentile nationally.
Where Proctorville's buildings actually sit
Most of Proctorville's buildings (99.3%) 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.
Proctorville against the rest of the country
Compare Proctorville's two percentiles: 99th within Ohio, only 56th nationally — a gap of 43 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Proctorville ranks 13,912 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,193 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 17 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
Proctorville's elevated rating (56th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Proctorville's 99.3% 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 Proctorville's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Proctorville's 13,912-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Proctorville's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.