Rawson, OH
Rawson, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Rawson sits at the 2nd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 339 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 Rawson at the 1st percentile, close to its 2nd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
86.7% of Rawson's 339 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 13.3% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where Rawson ranks
Rawson's risk sits at a similar level relative to Ohio (10th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (2nd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rawson ranks 31,061 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,601 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 1,147 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Rawson
At the 2nd national percentile, Rawson 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
With 86.7% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Rawson gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 339 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Rawson. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Rawson, see the exposure-zones guide.