Winchester, OH
Winchester, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Winchester lands at the 40th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 801 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Winchester at the 43rd national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Winchester's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Winchester (56.4% of 801 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 43.6% sit in the Direct zone.
Winchester against the rest of the country
Winchester's 87th-percentile standing inside Ohio outpaces its 40th 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, Winchester ranks 18,949 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,625 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 168 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Winchester and the insurance market
At the 40th national percentile, Winchester rates moderate 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 Winchester (56.4% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 801 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Winchester. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Winchester, see the exposure-zones guide.