Cairo, OH
How exposed is Cairo to wildfire?
Cairo sits at the 2nd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 388 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Cairo at the 2nd national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Cairo's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 90.5% of Cairo's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 9.5% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
How Cairo compares
Cairo scores 2nd nationally and 11th within Ohio — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Cairo ranks 31,029 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,451 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 1,134 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Cairo
At the 2nd national percentile, Cairo 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 Cairo
With 90.5% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Cairo gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Cairo's figures come from
Cairo's 2nd-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 Cairo's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.