Blodgett Landing, NH
How exposed is Blodgett Landing to wildfire?
USFS scores Blodgett Landing at the 15th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 172 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Blodgett Landing at the 15th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 57% of Blodgett Landing's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 36.6% Indirect share and far above its 6.4% Minimal share — a profile where 98 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Blodgett Landing ranks
There's little gap between Blodgett Landing's 15th national percentile and its 16th percentile inside New Hampshire, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Blodgett Landing ranks 26,824 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,951 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Hampshire alone, it ranks 84 of 100 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Hampshire on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Blodgett Landing
Blodgett Landing's low rating (15th 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
With 57% of Blodgett Landing 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 172 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Blodgett Landing. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Blodgett Landing, see the exposure-zones guide.