Lake Tomahawk, OH
Lake Tomahawk wildfire risk explained
Lake Tomahawk sits at the 42nd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 355 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 Lake Tomahawk at the 43rd percentile, close to its 42nd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 94.7% of Lake Tomahawk's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 5.4% Minimal share — a profile where 336 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Lake Tomahawk ranks
Compare Lake Tomahawk's two percentiles: 92nd within Ohio, only 42nd nationally — a gap of 50 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lake Tomahawk ranks 18,413 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,194 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 107 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Lake Tomahawk
Lake Tomahawk's elevated wildfire rating (42nd percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Lake Tomahawk
Because Direct exposure dominates in Lake Tomahawk (94.7%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Lake Tomahawk's 18,413-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Lake Tomahawk, see the exposure-zones guide.