Pulaski, OH
Pulaski wildfire risk explained
Pulaski sits at the 2nd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 107 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Pulaski at the 2nd national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Pulaski's building exposure, zone by zone
77.6% of Pulaski's 107 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 22.4% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where Pulaski ranks
Pulaski's risk sits at a similar level relative to Ohio (10th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (2nd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Pulaski ranks 31,060 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,747 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 1,146 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Pulaski and the insurance market
Pulaski's low rating (2nd 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
Pulaski's 77.6% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Pulaski's figures come from
Pulaski's 2nd-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 Pulaski's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.