Deersville, OH
Deersville wildfire risk explained
Deersville's 85 buildings earn a 44th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Deersville at the 44th percentile, close to its 44th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
85 buildings are counted in Deersville, and 100% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Where Deersville ranks
Compare Deersville's two percentiles: 96th within Ohio, only 44th nationally — a gap of 51 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Deersville ranks 17,625 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,702 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 57 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 44th national percentile, Deersville rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Deersville (100%), 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
Deersville's 44th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Deersville, see the exposure-zones guide.