Wetherington, OH
Wetherington wildfire risk explained
Wetherington's 538 buildings earn a 13th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Wetherington at the 17th percentile, close to its 13th-percentile risk score.
Where Wetherington's buildings actually sit
Most of Wetherington's buildings (83.3% of 538) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Where Wetherington ranks
Wetherington's 40th-percentile standing inside Ohio outpaces its 13th 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, Wetherington ranks 27,337 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,757 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 765 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Wetherington
Wetherington's low rating (13th 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
With 83.3% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Wetherington gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Wetherington's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Wetherington's 27,337-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Wetherington's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.