WildfireRiskFinder

New Haven (Hamilton), OH

New Haven (Hamilton) wildfire risk explained

Low
17thpercentile nationally

USFS scores New Haven (Hamilton) at the 17th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 356 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)

Separately from the risk score above, New Haven (Hamilton)'s burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 20th percentile nationally.

New Haven (Hamilton)'s building exposure, zone by zone

356Total buildings
44.4%Direct exposure
55.6%Indirect exposure
0%Minimal exposure

356 buildings are counted in New Haven (Hamilton), and 55.6% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 44.4% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.

Where New Haven (Hamilton) ranks

New Haven (Hamilton)'s 46th-percentile standing inside Ohio outpaces its 17th 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, New Haven (Hamilton) ranks 26,073 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,168 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 676 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.

New Haven (Hamilton) and the insurance market

New Haven (Hamilton)'s low wildfire rating (17th 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.

What would actually reduce this score

Because 55.6% of New Haven (Hamilton)'s buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.

Where New Haven (Hamilton)'s figures come from

The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 356 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for New Haven (Hamilton). The exposure-zones guide covers what New Haven (Hamilton)'s dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.