Pickerington, OH
Pickerington wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Pickerington lands at the 15th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 6,839 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Pickerington's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 18th percentile nationally.
Where Pickerington's buildings actually sit
Pickerington rates 73.3% Minimal exposure against just 26.7% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 6,839 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually. At 6,839 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Pickerington against the rest of the country
Within Ohio, Pickerington ranks higher (43rd percentile) than it does nationally (15th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Pickerington ranks 26,763 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,534 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 720 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Pickerington and the insurance market
Pickerington's low rating (15th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Pickerington
Pickerington's 73.3% 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 Pickerington's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 6,839 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Pickerington. The exposure-zones guide covers what Pickerington's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.