Winesburg, OH
How exposed is Winesburg to wildfire?
Winesburg's 275 buildings earn a 34th-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, Winesburg's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 36th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
54.2% of Winesburg's 275 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 149 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 45.8% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Winesburg ranks
Within Ohio, Winesburg ranks higher (74th percentile) than it does nationally (34th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Winesburg ranks 20,807 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,364 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 327 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Winesburg
Winesburg's moderate rating (34th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Winesburg's 54.2% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Winesburg's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Winesburg's 20,807-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Winesburg's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.