Duxbury, MA
Duxbury wildfire risk explained
Duxbury's 1,112 buildings earn a 20th-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 Duxbury at the 17th national percentile — 4 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Duxbury's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Duxbury (51.7% of 1,112 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 39.7% sit in the Direct zone.
Duxbury against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Duxbury's 20th national percentile and its 23rd percentile inside Massachusetts, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Duxbury ranks 25,121 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,205 by building count (1 is largest). Within Massachusetts alone, it ranks 191 of 248 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Massachusetts on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Duxbury
At the 20th national percentile, Duxbury rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 51.7% of Duxbury's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Duxbury's figures come from
Duxbury's 20th-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 Duxbury's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.