Mowrystown, OH
Mowrystown wildfire risk explained
Mowrystown's 291 buildings earn a 15th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Mowrystown's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 16th percentile nationally.
Where Mowrystown's buildings actually sit
52.2% of Mowrystown's 291 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 47.8% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Mowrystown against the rest of the country
Mowrystown's 43rd-percentile standing inside Ohio outpaces its 15th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mowrystown ranks 26,733 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,885 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 719 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Mowrystown
Mowrystown's low wildfire rating (15th 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.
Hardening a home in Mowrystown
Even with 52.2% of Mowrystown 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 Mowrystown's figures come from
Mowrystown's 15th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Mowrystown's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.