West Hill, OH
West Hill, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts West Hill at the 29th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 1,306 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks West Hill at the 30th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in West Hill (55% of 1,306 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 30.3% sit in the Direct zone.
West Hill against the rest of the country
Compare West Hill's two percentiles: 64th within Ohio, only 29th nationally — a gap of 34 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, West Hill ranks 22,287 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,050 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 460 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
At the 29th national percentile, West Hill rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in West Hill
Because 55% of West Hill's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where West Hill's figures come from
West Hill's 29th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what West Hill's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.