Plymouth, NH
Plymouth, NH's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Plymouth's 1,189 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.)
Separately from the risk score above, Plymouth's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 18th percentile nationally.
Plymouth's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Plymouth: 51.5% of its 1,189 buildings, versus 48.5% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Plymouth ranks
Compare Plymouth's two percentiles: 48th within New Hampshire, only 18th nationally — a gap of 30 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Plymouth ranks 26,009 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,712 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Hampshire alone, it ranks 53 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
Plymouth's low rating (18th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Plymouth
Plymouth's 51.5% 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.
Where Plymouth's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,189 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Plymouth. The exposure-zones guide covers what Plymouth's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.