Weston, OH
How exposed is Weston to wildfire?
Weston sits at the 1st 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 870 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Weston at the 1st national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Weston's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 93% of Weston's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 7% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Where Weston ranks
Weston scores 1st nationally and 3rd within Ohio — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Weston ranks 31,347 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,991 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 1,224 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Weston
Weston's low wildfire rating (1st 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.
Hardening a home in Weston
Even with 93% of Weston outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Weston's figures come from
Weston's 1st-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 Weston's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.