North Walpole, NH
North Walpole, NH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
North Walpole's 345 buildings earn a 18th-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 North Walpole at the 17th 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
Most of North Walpole's buildings (90.7%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Where North Walpole ranks
Compare North Walpole's two percentiles: 50th within New Hampshire, only 18th nationally — a gap of 32 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, North Walpole ranks 25,948 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,452 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Hampshire alone, it ranks 52 of 100 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Hampshire on its state page.
North Walpole and the insurance market
North Walpole's low wildfire rating (18th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 90.7% of North Walpole'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.
Where North Walpole's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind North Walpole's 25,948-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what North Walpole's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.