North Conway, NH
How exposed is North Conway to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts North Conway at the 13th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 1,582 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, North Conway's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 13th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
53.2% of North Conway's 1,582 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 46.8% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
North Conway against the rest of the country
There's little gap between North Conway's 13th national percentile and its 7th percentile inside New Hampshire, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, North Conway ranks 27,487 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,823 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Hampshire alone, it ranks 93 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
North Conway's low rating (13th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 53.2% of North Conway's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
North Conway's 13th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond North Conway, see the exposure-zones guide.