Agawam Town, MA
How exposed is Agawam Town to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Agawam Town lands at the 26th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 11,686 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Agawam Town's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 24th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
52.6% of Agawam Town's 11,686 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 26.6% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself. At 11,686 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Agawam Town against the rest of the country
Within Massachusetts, Agawam Town ranks higher (49th 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, Agawam Town ranks 23,319 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,343 by building count (1 is largest). Within Massachusetts alone, it ranks 124 of 248 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Massachusetts on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 26th national percentile, Agawam Town rates moderate 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 Agawam Town
Even with 52.6% of Agawam Town outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Agawam Town's figures come from
Agawam Town's 26th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Agawam Town's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.