East Brookfield, MA
East Brookfield wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts East Brookfield at the 28th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 812 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts East Brookfield at the 26th percentile, close to its 28th-percentile risk score.
East Brookfield's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in East Brookfield: 58.3% of its 812 buildings, versus 38.2% Indirect and 3.6% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
East Brookfield against the rest of the country
East Brookfield's 69th-percentile standing inside Massachusetts outpaces its 28th 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, East Brookfield ranks 22,563 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,536 by building count (1 is largest). Within Massachusetts alone, it ranks 78 of 248 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Massachusetts on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 28th national percentile, East Brookfield rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in East Brookfield
With 58.3% of East Brookfield 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.
Where East Brookfield's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 812 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for East Brookfield. The exposure-zones guide covers what East Brookfield's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.