Swanton, OH
Swanton, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Swanton sits at the 9th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 2,058 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Swanton at the 10th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Swanton's buildings actually sit
Swanton rates 63.5% Minimal exposure against just 14.4% Direct and 22.1% Indirect — of 2,058 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Where Swanton ranks
Swanton's 31st-percentile standing inside Ohio outpaces its 9th 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, Swanton ranks 28,565 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,318 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 872 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Swanton and the insurance market
Swanton's low rating (9th 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 Swanton
With 63.5% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Swanton gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Swanton's figures come from
Swanton's 9th-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 Swanton's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.