Suncook, NH
Suncook wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Suncook at the 26th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 1,925 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Suncook at the 22nd national percentile — 4 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Suncook's buildings actually sit
1,925 buildings are counted in Suncook, and 75.7% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 24% in Direct exposure or the 0.4% rated Minimal.
Suncook against the rest of the country
Within New Hampshire, Suncook ranks higher (82nd 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, Suncook ranks 23,389 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,693 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Hampshire alone, it ranks 19 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
Suncook's moderate wildfire rating (26th 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.
Hardening a home in Suncook
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Suncook (75.7% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Suncook's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Suncook's 23,389-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Suncook's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.