Republic, OH
How exposed is Republic to wildfire?
Republic's 434 buildings earn a 3rd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Republic's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 3rd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Republic's buildings (89.2% of 434) 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.
Republic against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Republic's 3rd national percentile and its 16th percentile inside Ohio, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Republic ranks 30,684 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,571 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 1,059 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Republic
Republic's low rating (3rd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
With 89.2% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Republic gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Republic's figures come from
Republic's 3rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Republic's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.