Vickery, OH
How exposed is Vickery to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Vickery lands at the 1st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 80 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Vickery at the 1st national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
90% of Vickery's 80 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 10% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where Vickery ranks
Vickery scores 1st nationally and 6th within Ohio — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Vickery ranks 31,188 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,893 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 1,189 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Vickery and the insurance market
Vickery's low rating (1st percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Even with 90% of Vickery 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 Vickery's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 80 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Vickery. The exposure-zones guide covers what Vickery's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.