Cherry Fork, OH
Cherry Fork wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Cherry Fork at the 34th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 156 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 Cherry Fork at the 37th percentile, close to its 34th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Cherry Fork's 156 counted buildings, 86.5% 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 Cherry Fork ranks
Within Ohio, Cherry Fork ranks higher (75th percentile) than it does nationally (34th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Cherry Fork ranks 20,684 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,631 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 317 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Cherry Fork
Cherry Fork's moderate rating (34th 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 Cherry Fork
Because Direct exposure dominates in Cherry Fork (86.5%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Cherry Fork's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Cherry Fork's 20,684-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Cherry Fork's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.