Shawnee (Hamilton), OH
How exposed is Shawnee (Hamilton) to wildfire?
USFS scores Shawnee (Hamilton) at the 17th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 682 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Shawnee (Hamilton) at the 19th percentile, close to its 17th-percentile risk score.
Shawnee (Hamilton)'s building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Shawnee (Hamilton): 86.2% of its 682 buildings, versus 13.8% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Shawnee (Hamilton) compares
Shawnee (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, Shawnee (Hamilton) ranks 26,139 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,841 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 682 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Shawnee (Hamilton)
Shawnee (Hamilton)'s low rating (17th 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
Shawnee (Hamilton)'s 86.2% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 682 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Shawnee (Hamilton). For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Shawnee (Hamilton), see the exposure-zones guide.