Blandford, MA
How exposed is Blandford to wildfire?
Blandford sits at the 22nd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 308 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Blandford's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 22nd percentile nationally.
Blandford's building exposure, zone by zone
92.9% of Blandford's 308 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 286 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 7.1% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Blandford ranks
There's little gap between Blandford's 22nd national percentile and its 30th percentile inside Massachusetts, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Blandford ranks 24,553 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,417 by building count (1 is largest). Within Massachusetts alone, it ranks 174 of 248 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Massachusetts on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Blandford
Blandford's moderate wildfire rating (22nd 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 92.9% of Blandford in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Blandford's 22nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Blandford, see the exposure-zones guide.