Center Ossipee, NH
Center Ossipee wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Center Ossipee lands at the 20th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 297 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Center Ossipee's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 20th percentile nationally.
Where Center Ossipee's buildings actually sit
77.1% of Center Ossipee's 297 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 229 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 22.9% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How Center Ossipee compares
Within New Hampshire, Center Ossipee ranks higher (65th 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, Center Ossipee ranks 25,372 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,711 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Hampshire alone, it ranks 36 of 100 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Hampshire on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Center Ossipee
At the 20th national percentile, Center Ossipee 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
Center Ossipee's 77.1% 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 Center Ossipee's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Center Ossipee's 25,372-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Center Ossipee's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.