Wilmot, OH
Wilmot wildfire risk explained
Wilmot's 240 buildings earn a 36th-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.)
Separately from the risk score above, Wilmot's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 37th percentile nationally.
Wilmot's building exposure, zone by zone
87.1% of Wilmot's 240 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 12.9% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Wilmot ranks
Within Ohio, Wilmot ranks higher (78th percentile) than it does nationally (36th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Wilmot ranks 20,342 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,477 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 288 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Wilmot and the insurance market
Wilmot's moderate rating (36th 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 Wilmot
Because 87.1% of Wilmot'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 Wilmot's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Wilmot's 20,342-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Wilmot's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.