South Lebanon, OH
South Lebanon, OH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, South Lebanon lands at the 20th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 2,308 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 South Lebanon at the 22nd percentile, close to its 20th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in South Lebanon (57.5% of 2,308 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 31.5% sit in the Direct zone.
How South Lebanon compares
Within Ohio, South Lebanon ranks higher (50th percentile) than it does nationally (20th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, South Lebanon ranks 25,380 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,680 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 632 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
South Lebanon and the insurance market
At the 20th national percentile, South Lebanon rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 57.5% of South Lebanon's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind South Lebanon's 25,380-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond South Lebanon, see the exposure-zones guide.