Baldwinville, MA
Baldwinville, MA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Baldwinville at the 24th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 879 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Baldwinville at the 23rd national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Baldwinville's buildings actually sit
Most of Baldwinville's buildings (69.7%) 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.
Baldwinville against the rest of the country
Baldwinville scores 24th nationally and 37th 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, Baldwinville ranks 24,105 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,916 by building count (1 is largest). Within Massachusetts alone, it ranks 157 of 248 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Massachusetts on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Baldwinville
Baldwinville's moderate wildfire rating (24th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Baldwinville's 69.7% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Baldwinville's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 879 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Baldwinville. The exposure-zones guide covers what Baldwinville's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.