Jerry City, OH
Jerry City wildfire risk explained
Jerry City 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 275 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Jerry City'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
Only 20.7% of Jerry City's 275 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 79.3% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
How Jerry City compares
Jerry City's risk sits at a similar level relative to Ohio (5th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (1st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Jerry City ranks 31,250 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,362 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 1,202 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Jerry City
Jerry City's low wildfire rating (1st percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
With 79.3% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Jerry City gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Jerry City's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 275 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Jerry City. The exposure-zones guide covers what Jerry City's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.