Darbyville, OH
Darbyville wildfire risk explained
Darbyville's 172 buildings earn a 12th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Darbyville at the 13th percentile, close to its 12th-percentile risk score.
Darbyville's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Darbyville's 172 counted buildings, 51.2% 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.
Darbyville against the rest of the country
Within Ohio, Darbyville ranks higher (36th percentile) than it does nationally (12th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Darbyville ranks 27,778 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,955 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 806 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
At the 12th national percentile, Darbyville rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Darbyville (51.2%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Darbyville's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Darbyville's 27,778-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Darbyville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.