Wilkesville, OH
Wilkesville wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Wilkesville at the 47th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 149 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Wilkesville at the 49th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Wilkesville's buildings actually sit
149 buildings are counted in Wilkesville, and 52.4% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 47.7% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Wilkesville ranks
Compare Wilkesville's two percentiles: 97th within Ohio, only 47th nationally — a gap of 50 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Wilkesville ranks 16,806 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,923 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 37 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Wilkesville
At the 47th national percentile, Wilkesville rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Wilkesville (52.4% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Wilkesville's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Wilkesville's 16,806-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Wilkesville's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.