Miller City, OH
Miller City wildfire risk explained
Miller City's 120 buildings earn a 0th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Miller City at the 0th percentile, close to its 0th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
92.5% of Miller City's 120 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 7.5% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where Miller City ranks
There's little gap between Miller City's 0th national percentile and its 2nd percentile inside Ohio, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Miller City ranks 31,408 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,161 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 1,238 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Miller City and the insurance market
At the 0th national percentile, Miller City 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
Even with 92.5% of Miller City outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Miller City's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 120 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Miller City. The exposure-zones guide covers what Miller City's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.