Perry, OH
Perry wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Perry at the 34th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 838 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Perry's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 36th percentile nationally.
Where Perry's buildings actually sit
61.3% of Perry's 838 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 35.9% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
How Perry compares
Compare Perry's two percentiles: 74th within Ohio, only 34th nationally — a gap of 40 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Perry ranks 20,869 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,276 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 335 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
Perry's moderate wildfire rating (34th 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
Perry's 61.3% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Perry's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 838 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Perry. The exposure-zones guide covers what Perry's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.