New Plymouth, ID
How exposed is New Plymouth to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, New Plymouth lands at the 61st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 814 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks New Plymouth at the 60th national percentile — 1 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
Only 12.9% of New Plymouth's 814 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 87.1% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
New Plymouth against the rest of the country
New Plymouth's 61st national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 27th ranking inside Idaho does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 34 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, New Plymouth ranks 12,225 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,510 by building count (1 is largest). Within Idaho alone, it ranks 169 of 232 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Idaho on its state page.
New Plymouth and the insurance market
New Plymouth's high rating (61st percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
What would actually reduce this score
New Plymouth's 87.1% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where New Plymouth's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 814 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for New Plymouth. The exposure-zones guide covers what New Plymouth's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.