Blue Jay, OH
Blue Jay, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Blue Jay's 946 buildings earn a 16th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Blue Jay's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 17th percentile nationally.
Blue Jay's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Blue Jay's 946 counted buildings, 89.1% 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.
Where Blue Jay ranks
Within Ohio, Blue Jay ranks higher (44th percentile) than it does nationally (16th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Blue Jay ranks 26,581 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,332 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 711 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Blue Jay
At the 16th national percentile, Blue Jay rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Blue Jay
Because Direct exposure dominates in Blue Jay (89.1%), 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 946 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Blue Jay. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Blue Jay, see the exposure-zones guide.