West Stewartstown, NH
How exposed is West Stewartstown to wildfire?
West Stewartstown sits at the 9th 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 168 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, West Stewartstown's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 9th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of West Stewartstown's buildings (58.9%) 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 West Stewartstown ranks
There's little gap between West Stewartstown's 9th national percentile and its 2nd 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, West Stewartstown ranks 28,846 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,105 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Hampshire alone, it ranks 98 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
At the 9th national percentile, West Stewartstown rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in West Stewartstown
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in West Stewartstown (58.9% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where West Stewartstown's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind West Stewartstown's 28,846-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what West Stewartstown's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.