Newport, NH
Newport wildfire risk explained
Newport sits at the 16th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 2,261 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Newport's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 16th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 53.4% of Newport's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 46.6% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 1,207 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Newport compares
Newport scores 16th nationally and 29th within New Hampshire — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Newport ranks 26,540 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,789 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Hampshire alone, it ranks 72 of 100 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Hampshire on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Newport'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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Newport's 53.4% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
Newport's 16th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Newport, see the exposure-zones guide.