Sinking Spring, OH
Sinking Spring, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Sinking Spring at the 38th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 133 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Sinking Spring's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 39th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
133 buildings are counted in Sinking Spring, and 54.9% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Sinking Spring against the rest of the country
Sinking Spring's 83rd-percentile standing inside Ohio outpaces its 38th 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, Sinking Spring ranks 19,640 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,592 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 221 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Sinking Spring and the insurance market
Sinking Spring's moderate wildfire rating (38th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 54.9% of Sinking Spring in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Sinking Spring's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Sinking Spring's 19,640-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Sinking Spring's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.