West Logan, OH
West Logan wildfire risk explained
West Logan's 452 buildings earn a 36th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts West Logan at the 38th percentile, close to its 36th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS puts 79.2% of West Logan's 452 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 20.8% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
West Logan against the rest of the country
Within Ohio, West Logan ranks higher (78th percentile) than it does nationally (36th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, West Logan ranks 20,303 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,238 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 281 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in West Logan
West Logan's moderate wildfire rating (36th 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
West Logan's 79.2% 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.
Where West Logan's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 452 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for West Logan. The exposure-zones guide covers what West Logan's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.