Van Wert, OH
Van Wert, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Van Wert sits at the 1st 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 6,312 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Van Wert at the 1st national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Van Wert's building exposure, zone by zone
Van Wert rates 96% Minimal exposure against just 4% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 6,312 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually. At 6,312 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How Van Wert compares
There's little gap between Van Wert's 1st national percentile and its 5th percentile inside Ohio, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Van Wert ranks 31,253 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,748 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 1,205 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Van Wert
Van Wert'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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 96% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Van Wert gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Van Wert's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 6,312 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Van Wert. The exposure-zones guide covers what Van Wert's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.