Goffstown, NH
Goffstown, NH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Goffstown at the 30th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 1,243 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Goffstown's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 26th percentile nationally.
Goffstown's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 52.4% of Goffstown's 1,243 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 44.9% Direct and 2.7% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Goffstown ranks
Goffstown's 93rd-percentile standing inside New Hampshire outpaces its 30th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Goffstown ranks 22,189 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,381 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Hampshire alone, it ranks 8 of 100 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Hampshire on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Goffstown
Goffstown's moderate wildfire rating (30th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Goffstown
Goffstown's 52.4% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,243 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Goffstown. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Goffstown, see the exposure-zones guide.