Sherrodsville, OH
Sherrodsville, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Sherrodsville lands at the 40th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 212 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Sherrodsville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 41st percentile nationally.
Sherrodsville's building exposure, zone by zone
51.4% of Sherrodsville's 212 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 109 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 48.6% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Sherrodsville against the rest of the country
Sherrodsville's 87th-percentile standing inside Ohio outpaces its 40th 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, Sherrodsville ranks 18,977 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,410 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 169 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Sherrodsville and the insurance market
Sherrodsville's moderate wildfire rating (40th 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
With 51.4% of Sherrodsville in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Sherrodsville's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 212 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Sherrodsville. The exposure-zones guide covers what Sherrodsville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.