Lexington, OH
Lexington wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Lexington at the 31st national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 2,024 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Lexington at the 31st percentile, close to its 31st-percentile risk score.
Lexington's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Lexington (46.4% of 2,024 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 37.6% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Lexington ranks
Lexington's 68th-percentile standing inside Ohio outpaces its 31st 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, Lexington ranks 21,718 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,403 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 408 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Lexington
Lexington's moderate rating (31st 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 Lexington
Lexington's 46.4% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Lexington's 31st-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 Lexington, see the exposure-zones guide.