Lewistown, OH
Lewistown, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Lewistown's 155 buildings earn a 2nd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Lewistown's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 3rd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
66.5% of Lewistown's 155 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 33.6% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where Lewistown ranks
There's little gap between Lewistown's 2nd national percentile and its 15th percentile inside Ohio, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lewistown ranks 30,807 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,675 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 1,077 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Lewistown
At the 2nd national percentile, Lewistown 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 Lewistown
Even with 66.5% of Lewistown outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Lewistown's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Lewistown's 30,807-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Lewistown's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.