West Farmington, OH
West Farmington, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts West Farmington at the 38th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 334 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, West Farmington's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 40th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of West Farmington's 334 counted buildings, 61.7% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where West Farmington ranks
Compare West Farmington's two percentiles: 83rd within Ohio, only 38th nationally — a gap of 45 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, West Farmington ranks 19,516 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,723 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 214 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
West Farmington'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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in West Farmington (61.7%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 334 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for West Farmington. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond West Farmington, see the exposure-zones guide.