Hannibal, OH
Hannibal wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Hannibal lands at the 40th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 343 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Hannibal at the 41st percentile, close to its 40th-percentile risk score.
Hannibal's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 70.3% of Hannibal's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 29.5% Indirect share and far above its 0.3% Minimal share — a profile where 241 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Hannibal against the rest of the country
Hannibal's 87th-percentile standing inside Ohio outpaces its 40th 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, Hannibal ranks 18,916 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,494 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 162 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Hannibal and the insurance market
At the 40th national percentile, Hannibal rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
With 70.3% of Hannibal in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 343 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Hannibal. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Hannibal, see the exposure-zones guide.