New Springfield, OH
New Springfield, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
New Springfield's 541 buildings earn a 32nd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (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 Springfield at the 31st percentile, close to its 32nd-percentile risk score.
New Springfield's building exposure, zone by zone
55.6% of New Springfield's 541 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 301 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 44.4% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where New Springfield ranks
New Springfield's 70th-percentile standing inside Ohio outpaces its 32nd 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, New Springfield ranks 21,403 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,708 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 376 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
New Springfield and the insurance market
New Springfield's moderate rating (32nd 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 Springfield
New Springfield's 55.6% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where New Springfield's figures come from
New Springfield's 32nd-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 Springfield's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.