Brecon, OH
Brecon wildfire risk explained
Brecon sits at the 12th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 361 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Brecon at the 14th percentile, close to its 12th-percentile risk score.
Where Brecon's buildings actually sit
Only 5% of Brecon's 361 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 95% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
How Brecon compares
Brecon's 37th-percentile standing inside Ohio outpaces its 12th 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, Brecon ranks 27,680 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,044 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 796 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 12th national percentile, Brecon rates low 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 Brecon
With 95% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Brecon gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 361 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Brecon. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Brecon, see the exposure-zones guide.