Williamsburg, OH
Williamsburg, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Williamsburg's 1,210 buildings earn a 16th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Williamsburg at the 17th percentile, close to its 16th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS puts 56.7% of Williamsburg's 1,210 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 43.1% Direct and 0.3% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How Williamsburg compares
Williamsburg's 44th-percentile standing inside Ohio outpaces its 16th 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, Williamsburg ranks 26,513 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,592 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 708 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Williamsburg and the insurance market
At the 16th national percentile, Williamsburg rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Williamsburg
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Williamsburg (56.7% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Williamsburg's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,210 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Williamsburg. The exposure-zones guide covers what Williamsburg's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.