Canal Lewisville, OH
How exposed is Canal Lewisville to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Canal Lewisville lands at the 30th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 274 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Canal Lewisville at the 32nd national percentile — 2 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
Indirect exposure is dominant in Canal Lewisville (77.4% of 274 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 22.6% sit in the Direct zone.
How Canal Lewisville compares
Within Ohio, Canal Lewisville ranks higher (66th percentile) than it does nationally (30th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Canal Lewisville ranks 22,004 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,403 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 429 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Canal Lewisville
Canal Lewisville's moderate wildfire rating (30th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Canal Lewisville (77.4% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Canal Lewisville's 30th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Canal Lewisville, see the exposure-zones guide.