New Vienna, OH
New Vienna wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, New Vienna lands at the 7th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 682 buildings, not the land around them. (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 Vienna at the 7th percentile, close to its 7th-percentile risk score.
New Vienna's building exposure, zone by zone
76.3% of New Vienna's 682 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 23.8% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
New Vienna against the rest of the country
Within Ohio, New Vienna ranks higher (27th percentile) than it does nationally (7th) — 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 Vienna ranks 29,480 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,840 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 921 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
New Vienna and the insurance market
At the 7th national percentile, New Vienna rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in New Vienna
With 76.3% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, New Vienna 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 Vienna's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 682 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for New Vienna. The exposure-zones guide covers what New Vienna's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.