Lebanon, OH
Lebanon wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Lebanon at the 23rd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 7,267 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Lebanon's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 26th percentile nationally.
Lebanon's building exposure, zone by zone
7,267 buildings are counted in Lebanon, and 56.9% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 21.1% in Direct exposure or the 22% rated Minimal. At 7,267 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Lebanon ranks
Within Ohio, Lebanon ranks higher (56th percentile) than it does nationally (23rd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lebanon ranks 24,152 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,356 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 559 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Lebanon and the insurance market
At the 23rd national percentile, Lebanon rates moderate 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 Lebanon
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Lebanon (56.9% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Lebanon's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 7,267 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Lebanon. The exposure-zones guide covers what Lebanon's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.