Jackson Center, OH
Jackson Center wildfire risk explained
Jackson Center sits at the 1st percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 873 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Jackson Center's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 1st percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Jackson Center's buildings (90.7% of 873) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
How Jackson Center compares
There's little gap between Jackson Center's 1st national percentile and its 4th percentile inside Ohio, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Jackson Center ranks 31,279 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,962 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 1,209 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Jackson Center
Jackson Center's low rating (1st 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
Jackson Center's 90.7% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Jackson Center's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 873 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Jackson Center. The exposure-zones guide covers what Jackson Center's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.