West Jefferson, OH
West Jefferson, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
West Jefferson sits at the 10th 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 2,255 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, West Jefferson's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 10th percentile nationally.
Where West Jefferson's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 80.4% of West Jefferson's 2,255 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 8% Direct and 11.6% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where West Jefferson ranks
West Jefferson's 32nd-percentile standing inside Ohio outpaces its 10th 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, West Jefferson ranks 28,411 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,806 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 866 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in West Jefferson
At the 10th national percentile, West Jefferson rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
West Jefferson's 80.4% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,255 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for West Jefferson. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond West Jefferson, see the exposure-zones guide.