Brewster, MA
Brewster, MA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Brewster at the 26th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 2,519 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Brewster at the 19th percentile, close to its 26th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
2,519 buildings are counted in Brewster, and 44.3% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 23.1% rated Minimal.
Where Brewster ranks
Within Massachusetts, Brewster ranks higher (47th 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, Brewster ranks 23,383 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,270 by building count (1 is largest). Within Massachusetts alone, it ranks 129 of 248 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Massachusetts on its state page.
Brewster and the insurance market
Brewster's moderate rating (26th 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 Brewster
Brewster's 44.3% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,519 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Brewster. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Brewster, see the exposure-zones guide.