Zaleski, OH
Zaleski, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Zaleski's 233 buildings earn a 45th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Zaleski's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 46th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Zaleski's 233 counted buildings, 50.2% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Zaleski compares
Compare Zaleski's two percentiles: 96th within Ohio, only 45th nationally — a gap of 52 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Zaleski ranks 17,464 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,711 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 46 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
Zaleski's elevated rating (45th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Zaleski (50.2%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 233 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Zaleski. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Zaleski, see the exposure-zones guide.