Shawnee (Perry), OH
Shawnee (Perry) wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Shawnee (Perry) at the 41st national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 415 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Shawnee (Perry)'s burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 42nd percentile nationally.
Where Shawnee (Perry)'s buildings actually sit
Most of Shawnee (Perry)'s buildings (54.2%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
How Shawnee (Perry) compares
Compare Shawnee (Perry)'s two percentiles: 91st within Ohio, only 41st nationally — a gap of 49 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Shawnee (Perry) ranks 18,574 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,933 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 123 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Shawnee (Perry)
Shawnee (Perry)'s elevated wildfire rating (41st 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 54.2% of Shawnee (Perry)'s buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Shawnee (Perry)'s figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 415 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Shawnee (Perry). The exposure-zones guide covers what Shawnee (Perry)'s dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.