Salem Heights (Hamilton), OH
Salem Heights (Hamilton), OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Salem Heights (Hamilton) sits at the 14th 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 1,709 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Salem Heights (Hamilton) at the 16th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Salem Heights (Hamilton)'s building exposure, zone by zone
Of Salem Heights (Hamilton)'s 1,709 counted buildings, 62% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Salem Heights (Hamilton) ranks
Compare Salem Heights (Hamilton)'s two percentiles: 41st within Ohio, only 14th nationally — a gap of 27 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Salem Heights (Hamilton) ranks 27,051 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,386 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 743 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Salem Heights (Hamilton)'s low wildfire rating (14th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 62% of Salem Heights (Hamilton) in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,709 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Salem Heights (Hamilton). For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Salem Heights (Hamilton), see the exposure-zones guide.