Claremont, NH
Claremont, NH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Claremont lands at the 16th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 5,732 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Claremont at the 16th percentile, close to its 16th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in Claremont (57.1% of 5,732 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 42.9% sit in the Direct zone. At 5,732 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Claremont ranks
Claremont's risk sits at a similar level relative to New Hampshire (27th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (16th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Claremont ranks 26,539 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,017 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Hampshire alone, it ranks 71 of 100 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Hampshire on its state page.
Claremont and the insurance market
At the 16th national percentile, Claremont rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Claremont
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Claremont (57.1% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 5,732 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Claremont. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Claremont, see the exposure-zones guide.