Bradford, RI
How exposed is Bradford to wildfire?
Bradford's 573 buildings earn a 18th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Bradford at the 18th national percentile — 1 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
USFS puts 52% of Bradford's 573 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 48% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How Bradford compares
Within Rhode Island, Bradford ranks higher (57th percentile) than it does nationally (18th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bradford ranks 25,762 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,201 by building count (1 is largest). Within Rhode Island alone, it ranks 16 of 36 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Rhode Island on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Bradford
Bradford's low rating (18th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Bradford
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Bradford (52% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Bradford's 18th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Bradford, see the exposure-zones guide.