New Straitsville, OH
New Straitsville wildfire risk explained
New Straitsville sits at the 40th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 448 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks New Straitsville at the 40th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
58.3% of New Straitsville's 448 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 261 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 41.7% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How New Straitsville compares
Within Ohio, New Straitsville ranks higher (88th percentile) than it does nationally (40th) — 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 Straitsville ranks 18,823 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,318 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 157 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
New Straitsville's elevated rating (40th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
New Straitsville's 58.3% 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 448 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for New Straitsville. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond New Straitsville, see the exposure-zones guide.