New Bavaria, OH
New Bavaria wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, New Bavaria lands at the 0th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 74 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks New Bavaria at the 0th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
New Bavaria's building exposure, zone by zone
Only 8.1% of New Bavaria's 74 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 91.9% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Where New Bavaria ranks
New Bavaria scores 0th nationally and 0th within Ohio — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, New Bavaria ranks 31,503 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,147 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 1,261 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 0th national percentile, New Bavaria rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
New Bavaria's 91.9% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where New Bavaria's figures come from
New Bavaria's 0th-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 New Bavaria's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.