Sherwood (Hamilton), OH
Sherwood (Hamilton), OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Sherwood (Hamilton) lands at the 13th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 1,519 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Sherwood (Hamilton) at the 14th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Sherwood (Hamilton)'s building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Sherwood (Hamilton): 57.6% of its 1,519 buildings, versus 0.2% Indirect and 42.2% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Sherwood (Hamilton) compares
Compare Sherwood (Hamilton)'s two percentiles: 37th within Ohio, only 13th nationally — a gap of 25 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Sherwood (Hamilton) ranks 27,589 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,087 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 792 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
At the 13th national percentile, Sherwood (Hamilton) rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 57.6% of Sherwood (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
Sherwood (Hamilton)'s 13th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Sherwood (Hamilton), see the exposure-zones guide.