Quaker City, OH
How exposed is Quaker City to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Quaker City at the 42nd national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 374 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Quaker City at the 44th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Quaker City's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 60.4% of Quaker City's 374 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 39.6% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Quaker City ranks
Quaker City's 93rd-percentile standing inside Ohio outpaces its 42nd 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, Quaker City ranks 18,193 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,786 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 87 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Quaker City
At the 42nd national percentile, Quaker City rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Quaker City
Because 60.4% of Quaker City's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Quaker City's figures come from
Quaker City's 42nd-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 Quaker City's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.