Celeryville, OH
Celeryville wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Celeryville at the 8th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 176 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Celeryville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 8th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
176 buildings are counted in Celeryville, and 69.3% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 30.7% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Celeryville against the rest of the country
Compare Celeryville's two percentiles: 29th within Ohio, only 8th nationally — a gap of 21 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Celeryville ranks 29,004 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,798 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 896 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
Celeryville's low wildfire rating (8th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Celeryville's 69.3% 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 176 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Celeryville. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Celeryville, see the exposure-zones guide.