Butler, OH
How exposed is Butler to wildfire?
USFS scores Butler at the 36th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 587 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Butler at the 36th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Butler's buildings actually sit
587 buildings are counted in Butler, and 72.9% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 27.1% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Butler ranks
Butler's 78th-percentile standing inside Ohio outpaces its 36th 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, Butler ranks 20,300 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,009 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 278 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
Butler's moderate rating (36th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Butler
Butler's 72.9% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 587 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Butler. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Butler, see the exposure-zones guide.