Savannah, OH
How exposed is Savannah to wildfire?
USFS scores Savannah at the 26th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 269 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Savannah at the 27th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Savannah's 269 counted buildings, 51.7% 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.
How Savannah compares
Within Ohio, Savannah ranks higher (59th percentile) than it does nationally (26th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Savannah ranks 23,266 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,547 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 515 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Savannah and the insurance market
Savannah's moderate rating (26th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Savannah
Because Direct exposure dominates in Savannah (51.7%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Savannah's figures come from
Savannah's 26th-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 Savannah's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.