Ashland, NH
How exposed is Ashland to wildfire?
Ashland's 587 buildings earn a 17th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Ashland at the 18th percentile, close to its 17th-percentile risk score.
Ashland's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Ashland (60% of 587 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 40% sit in the Direct zone.
How Ashland compares
Within New Hampshire, Ashland ranks higher (47th percentile) than it does nationally (17th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Ashland ranks 26,067 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,005 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Hampshire alone, it ranks 54 of 100 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Hampshire on its state page.
Ashland and the insurance market
At the 17th national percentile, Ashland 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
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Ashland (60% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Ashland's 17th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Ashland, see the exposure-zones guide.