Mount Cory, OH
How exposed is Mount Cory to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Mount Cory lands at the 1st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 177 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Mount Cory's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 1st percentile nationally.
Where Mount Cory's buildings actually sit
84.2% of Mount Cory's 177 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 15.8% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
How Mount Cory compares
Mount Cory scores 1st nationally and 7th within Ohio — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mount Cory ranks 31,120 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,761 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 1,167 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
Mount Cory'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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Even with 84.2% of Mount Cory 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 Mount Cory's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 177 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Mount Cory. The exposure-zones guide covers what Mount Cory's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.