WildfireRiskFinder

Lincoln Heights (Hamilton), OH

Lincoln Heights (Hamilton), OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers

Low
13thpercentile nationally

USFS scores Lincoln Heights (Hamilton) at the 13th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 1,181 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)

Separately from the risk score above, Lincoln Heights (Hamilton)'s burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 14th percentile nationally.

Where Lincoln Heights (Hamilton)'s buildings actually sit

1,181Total buildings
6.9%Direct exposure
0%Indirect exposure
93.1%Minimal exposure

Most of Lincoln Heights (Hamilton)'s buildings (93.1% of 1,181) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.

Where Lincoln Heights (Hamilton) ranks

Compare Lincoln Heights (Hamilton)'s two percentiles: 38th within Ohio, only 13th nationally — a gap of 25 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lincoln Heights (Hamilton) ranks 27,587 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,762 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 790 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.

Lincoln Heights (Hamilton) and the insurance market

Lincoln Heights (Hamilton)'s low rating (13th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.

Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it

Even with 93.1% of Lincoln Heights (Hamilton) 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.

More on how this number was built

The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,181 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Lincoln Heights (Hamilton). For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Lincoln Heights (Hamilton), see the exposure-zones guide.