Hope Valley, RI
Hope Valley wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Hope Valley lands at the 34th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 908 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Hope Valley's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 30th percentile nationally.
Hope Valley's building exposure, zone by zone
908 buildings are counted in Hope Valley, and 69.2% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0.3% rated Minimal.
Where Hope Valley ranks
Within Rhode Island, Hope Valley ranks higher (100th percentile) than it does nationally (34th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hope Valley ranks 20,813 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,656 by building count (1 is largest). Within Rhode Island alone, it ranks 1 of 36 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Rhode Island on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Hope Valley
At the 34th national percentile, Hope Valley rates moderate 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
Hope Valley's 69.2% 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 Hope Valley's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 908 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Hope Valley. The exposure-zones guide covers what Hope Valley's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.