Antrim, NH
Antrim wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Antrim at the 17th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 623 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Antrim at the 17th percentile, close to its 17th-percentile risk score.
Where Antrim's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Antrim: 70.8% of its 623 buildings, versus 29.2% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Antrim against the rest of the country
Compare Antrim's two percentiles: 41st within New Hampshire, only 17th nationally — a gap of 25 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Antrim ranks 26,255 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,519 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Hampshire alone, it ranks 58 of 100 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Hampshire on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Antrim's low rating (17th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Antrim
Antrim's 70.8% 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.
Where Antrim's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 623 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Antrim. The exposure-zones guide covers what Antrim's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.