Dry Ridge, OH
How exposed is Dry Ridge to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Dry Ridge at the 16th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 1,204 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 Dry Ridge at the 17th percentile, close to its 16th-percentile risk score.
Dry Ridge's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 84.1% of Dry Ridge's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 16% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 1,012 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Dry Ridge ranks
Dry Ridge's 44th-percentile standing inside Ohio outpaces its 16th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Dry Ridge ranks 26,544 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,625 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 709 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Dry Ridge
At the 16th national percentile, Dry Ridge 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 Dry Ridge (84.1%), 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
Dry Ridge's 16th-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 Dry Ridge, see the exposure-zones guide.