Dennison, OH
Dennison, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Dennison sits at the 40th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,306 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 Dennison at the 40th percentile, close to its 40th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Dennison's buildings (86.9%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Dennison against the rest of the country
Within Ohio, Dennison ranks higher (86th percentile) than it does nationally (40th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Dennison ranks 19,038 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,048 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 174 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Dennison and the insurance market
Dennison's moderate rating (40th 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
Dennison's 86.9% 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.
Where Dennison's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,306 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Dennison. The exposure-zones guide covers what Dennison's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.