Lisbon, NH
Lisbon wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Lisbon at the 16th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 527 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Lisbon at the 16th percentile, close to its 16th-percentile risk score.
Where Lisbon's buildings actually sit
50.7% of Lisbon's 527 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 49.3% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Lisbon ranks
There's little gap between Lisbon's 16th national percentile and its 21st 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, Lisbon ranks 26,637 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,907 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Hampshire alone, it ranks 78 of 100 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Hampshire on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 16th national percentile, Lisbon 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 Lisbon
Because 50.7% of Lisbon's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 527 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Lisbon. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Lisbon, see the exposure-zones guide.