New Lexington, OH
New Lexington, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores New Lexington at the 37th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 2,264 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 New Lexington at the 39th percentile, close to its 37th-percentile risk score.
New Lexington's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in New Lexington (86.4% of 2,264 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 13.6% sit in the Direct zone.
Where New Lexington ranks
Compare New Lexington's two percentiles: 81st within Ohio, only 37th 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 Lexington ranks 19,917 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,785 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 246 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in New Lexington
At the 37th national percentile, New Lexington rates moderate 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
Because 86.4% of New Lexington's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where New Lexington's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,264 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for New Lexington. The exposure-zones guide covers what New Lexington's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.