Woodsfield, OH
Woodsfield wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Woodsfield at the 42nd national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 1,508 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Woodsfield at the 43rd percentile, close to its 42nd-percentile risk score.
Where Woodsfield's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Woodsfield (62.9% of 1,508 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 37.1% sit in the Direct zone.
Woodsfield against the rest of the country
Within Ohio, Woodsfield ranks higher (93rd percentile) than it does nationally (42nd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Woodsfield ranks 18,259 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,130 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 92 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Woodsfield and the insurance market
Woodsfield's elevated rating (42nd 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 Woodsfield
Woodsfield's 62.9% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Woodsfield's figures come from
Woodsfield's 42nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Woodsfield's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.