Newport (Washington), OH
How exposed is Newport (Washington) to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Newport (Washington) lands at the 40th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 648 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 Newport (Washington) at the 40th percentile, close to its 40th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Newport (Washington)'s buildings (56.6%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
How Newport (Washington) compares
Newport (Washington)'s 87th-percentile standing inside Ohio outpaces its 40th 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, Newport (Washington) ranks 18,945 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,225 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 164 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
Newport (Washington)'s moderate 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
Newport (Washington)'s 56.6% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Newport (Washington)'s figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 648 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Newport (Washington). The exposure-zones guide covers what Newport (Washington)'s dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.