Melvin Village, NH
How exposed is Melvin Village to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Melvin Village lands at the 18th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 364 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Melvin Village at the 18th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 90.7% of Melvin Village's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 1.9% Indirect share and far above its 7.4% Minimal share — a profile where 330 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Melvin Village ranks
Melvin Village's 53rd-percentile standing inside New Hampshire outpaces its 18th 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, Melvin Village ranks 25,779 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,981 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Hampshire alone, it ranks 49 of 100 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Hampshire on its state page.
Melvin Village and the insurance market
Melvin Village's low wildfire rating (18th 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 Melvin Village
With 90.7% of Melvin Village in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Melvin Village's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Melvin Village's 25,779-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Melvin Village's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.