Shiloh (Richland), OH
Shiloh (Richland) wildfire risk explained
Shiloh (Richland)'s 429 buildings earn a 4th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Shiloh (Richland) at the 4th 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
USFS classifies 72.3% of Shiloh (Richland)'s buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 27.7% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Shiloh (Richland) against the rest of the country
Compare Shiloh (Richland)'s two percentiles: 21st within Ohio, only 4th nationally — a gap of 17 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Shiloh (Richland) ranks 30,304 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,676 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 1,002 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shiloh (Richland) and the insurance market
At the 4th national percentile, Shiloh (Richland) rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Shiloh (Richland)
With 72.3% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Shiloh (Richland) gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 429 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Shiloh (Richland). For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Shiloh (Richland), see the exposure-zones guide.