Rossburg, OH
Rossburg wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Rossburg at the 1st national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 139 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Rossburg's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 1st percentile nationally.
Rossburg's building exposure, zone by zone
Rossburg rates 89.2% Minimal exposure against just 10.8% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 139 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Where Rossburg ranks
Rossburg's risk sits at a similar level relative to Ohio (8th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (1st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rossburg ranks 31,124 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,341 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 1,171 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Rossburg
Rossburg's low rating (1st 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
With 89.2% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Rossburg gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Rossburg's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 139 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Rossburg. The exposure-zones guide covers what Rossburg's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.