Dry Run, OH
How exposed is Dry Run to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Dry Run at the 14th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 2,817 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Dry Run's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 16th percentile nationally.
Dry Run's building exposure, zone by zone
2,817 buildings are counted in Dry Run, and 75.3% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 2.8% rated Minimal.
Dry Run against the rest of the country
Within Ohio, Dry Run ranks higher (42nd percentile) than it does nationally (14th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Dry Run ranks 27,017 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,730 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 738 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
Dry Run's low rating (14th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Dry Run's 75.3% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Dry Run's figures come from
Dry Run's 14th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Dry Run's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.