New Hampton, NH
New Hampton wildfire risk explained
New Hampton's 194 buildings earn a 16th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks New Hampton at the 16th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where New Hampton's buildings actually sit
Of New Hampton's 194 counted buildings, 71.1% 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.
New Hampton against the rest of the country
New Hampton's 31st-percentile standing inside New Hampshire outpaces its 16th 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, New Hampton ranks 26,446 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,087 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Hampshire alone, it ranks 69 of 100 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Hampshire on its state page.
New Hampton and the insurance market
New Hampton's low wildfire rating (16th 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 New Hampton
With 71.1% of New Hampton 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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind New Hampton's 26,446-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond New Hampton, see the exposure-zones guide.