Darrtown, OH
Darrtown, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Darrtown at the 20th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 422 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Darrtown at the 22nd national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
77.5% of Darrtown's 422 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 327 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 22.5% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How Darrtown compares
Compare Darrtown's two percentiles: 51st within Ohio, only 20th nationally — a gap of 31 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Darrtown ranks 25,127 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,791 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 619 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Darrtown and the insurance market
Darrtown's moderate rating (20th 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 Darrtown
Because Direct exposure dominates in Darrtown (77.5%), 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 422 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Darrtown. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Darrtown, see the exposure-zones guide.