Washington Court House, OH
How exposed is Washington Court House to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Washington Court House at the 3rd national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 7,060 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Washington Court House's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 4th percentile nationally.
Where Washington Court House's buildings actually sit
Washington Court House rates 94.6% Minimal exposure against just 5.4% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 7,060 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually. At 7,060 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Washington Court House ranks
Compare Washington Court House's two percentiles: 19th within Ohio, only 3rd nationally — a gap of 16 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Washington Court House ranks 30,464 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,429 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 1,024 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Washington Court House and the insurance market
Washington Court House's low rating (3rd 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 94.6% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Washington Court House gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Washington Court House's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 7,060 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Washington Court House. The exposure-zones guide covers what Washington Court House's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.