Newfields, NH
Newfields, NH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Newfields at the 26th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 163 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Newfields at the 23rd national percentile — 3 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
Of Newfields's 163 counted buildings, 54% 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.
How Newfields compares
Within New Hampshire, Newfields ranks higher (83rd percentile) than it does nationally (26th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Newfields ranks 23,294 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,291 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Hampshire alone, it ranks 18 of 100 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Hampshire on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Newfields
Newfields's moderate rating (26th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Newfields (54%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Newfields's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Newfields's 23,294-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Newfields's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.