Yankee Lake, OH
Yankee Lake wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Yankee Lake at the 37th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 70 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Yankee Lake at the 38th percentile, close to its 37th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 91.4% of Yankee Lake's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 8.6% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 64 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Yankee Lake ranks
Within Ohio, Yankee Lake ranks higher (82nd percentile) than it does nationally (37th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Yankee Lake ranks 19,741 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,293 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 229 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Yankee Lake and the insurance market
At the 37th national percentile, Yankee Lake rates moderate 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
With 91.4% of Yankee Lake in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Yankee Lake's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 70 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Yankee Lake. The exposure-zones guide covers what Yankee Lake's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.