Dennis Port, MA
How exposed is Dennis Port to wildfire?
Dennis Port's 4,796 buildings earn a 29th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Dennis Port at the 21st national percentile — 8 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Dennis Port's buildings actually sit
Most of Dennis Port's buildings (97.2% of 4,796) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Where Dennis Port ranks
Dennis Port's 73rd-percentile standing inside Massachusetts outpaces its 29th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Dennis Port ranks 22,313 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,557 by building count (1 is largest). Within Massachusetts alone, it ranks 68 of 248 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Massachusetts on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Dennis Port
Dennis Port's moderate rating (29th 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 Dennis Port
With 97.2% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Dennis Port gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Dennis Port's figures come from
Dennis Port's 29th-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 Dennis Port's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.