West Portsmouth, OH
West Portsmouth, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores West Portsmouth at the 58th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 2,098 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, West Portsmouth's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 58th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS puts 72% of West Portsmouth's 2,098 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 28% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How West Portsmouth compares
Compare West Portsmouth's two percentiles: 100th within Ohio, only 58th nationally — a gap of 41 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, West Portsmouth ranks 13,152 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,196 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 7 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 Portsmouth's elevated rating (58th 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 West Portsmouth
Because 72% of West Portsmouth'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 Portsmouth's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,098 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for West Portsmouth. The exposure-zones guide covers what West Portsmouth's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.