Westfield Center, OH
How exposed is Westfield Center to wildfire?
Westfield Center's 775 buildings earn a 31st-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.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Westfield Center at the 31st national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Westfield Center's buildings actually sit
Of Westfield Center's 775 counted buildings, 76.7% carry Direct exposure and only 7.5% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Westfield Center against the rest of the country
Westfield Center's 67th-percentile standing inside Ohio outpaces its 31st 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, Westfield Center ranks 21,916 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,871 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 422 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
Westfield Center's moderate rating (31st 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 Westfield Center
Westfield Center's 76.7% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Westfield Center's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 775 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Westfield Center. The exposure-zones guide covers what Westfield Center's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.