Wellston, OH
How exposed is Wellston to wildfire?
Wellston sits at the 44th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 3,152 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Wellston at the 46th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Wellston's buildings actually sit
65% of Wellston's 3,152 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 35% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Wellston against the rest of the country
Wellston's 96th-percentile standing inside Ohio outpaces its 44th 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, Wellston ranks 17,596 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,228 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 55 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Wellston
Wellston's elevated rating (44th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Wellston
Wellston's 65% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Wellston's 17,596-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Wellston, see the exposure-zones guide.