Eaton, OH
Eaton wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Eaton at the 6th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 4,567 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Eaton's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 6th percentile nationally.
Where Eaton's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 74.5% of Eaton's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 15.9% Direct and 9.7% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
How Eaton compares
Eaton's 26th-percentile standing inside Ohio outpaces its 6th 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, Eaton ranks 29,640 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,735 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 935 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Eaton
At the 6th national percentile, Eaton rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Even with 74.5% of Eaton 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 Eaton's figures come from
Eaton's 6th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Eaton's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.