Milton Mills, NH
How exposed is Milton Mills to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Milton Mills at the 20th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 166 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 Milton Mills at the 20th percentile, close to its 20th-percentile risk score.
Milton Mills's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Milton Mills's 166 counted buildings, 65.7% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Milton Mills ranks
Milton Mills's 66th-percentile standing inside New Hampshire outpaces its 20th 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, Milton Mills ranks 25,224 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,183 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Hampshire alone, it ranks 35 of 100 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Hampshire on its state page.
Milton Mills and the insurance market
At the 20th national percentile, Milton Mills 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 Milton Mills
Because Direct exposure dominates in Milton Mills (65.7%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Milton Mills's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 166 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Milton Mills. The exposure-zones guide covers what Milton Mills's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.