New Madison, OH
New Madison, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores New Madison at the 4th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 572 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 Madison at the 3rd percentile, close to its 4th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of New Madison's buildings (90.9% of 572) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
New Madison against the rest of the country
Within Ohio, New Madison ranks higher (19th percentile) than it does nationally (4th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, New Madison ranks 30,429 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,223 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 1,017 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in New Madison
At the 4th national percentile, New Madison rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 90.9% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, New Madison gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where New Madison's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 572 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for New Madison. The exposure-zones guide covers what New Madison's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.