Abington, MA
Abington wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Abington lands at the 21st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 5,593 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Abington at the 18th national percentile — 2 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
44.3% of Abington's 5,593 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 27.6% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself. At 5,593 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How Abington compares
Abington scores 21st nationally and 25th within Massachusetts — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Abington ranks 24,963 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,081 by building count (1 is largest). Within Massachusetts alone, it ranks 186 of 248 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Massachusetts on its state page.
Abington and the insurance market
At the 21st national percentile, Abington rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Abington's 44.3% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 5,593 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Abington. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Abington, see the exposure-zones guide.