Jacksontown, OH
Jacksontown wildfire risk explained
Jacksontown sits at the 32nd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 299 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Jacksontown at the 31st national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 80.9% of Jacksontown's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 19.1% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 242 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Jacksontown ranks
Within Ohio, Jacksontown ranks higher (69th percentile) than it does nationally (32nd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Jacksontown ranks 21,532 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,662 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 390 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Jacksontown and the insurance market
At the 32nd national percentile, Jacksontown rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Jacksontown
With 80.9% of Jacksontown in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Jacksontown's 32nd-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 Jacksontown, see the exposure-zones guide.