Wintersville, OH
Wintersville wildfire risk explained
Wintersville sits at the 38th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 2,014 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Wintersville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 39th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
2,014 buildings are counted in Wintersville, and 53.3% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 46.7% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Wintersville ranks
Compare Wintersville's two percentiles: 84th within Ohio, only 38th nationally — a gap of 45 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Wintersville ranks 19,453 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,434 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 211 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 38th national percentile, Wintersville 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 Wintersville (53.3% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Wintersville's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Wintersville's 19,453-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Wintersville's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.