New Boston, OH
New Boston, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
New Boston's 972 buildings earn a 55th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, New Boston's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 54th percentile nationally.
Where New Boston's buildings actually sit
Most of New Boston's buildings (91.7%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
How New Boston compares
Compare New Boston's two percentiles: 99th within Ohio, only 55th nationally — a gap of 44 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, New Boston ranks 14,344 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,135 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 20 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in New Boston
New Boston's elevated rating (55th 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 New Boston
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in New Boston (91.7% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 972 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for New Boston. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond New Boston, see the exposure-zones guide.