East Dennis, MA
East Dennis wildfire risk explained
East Dennis sits at the 27th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 2,557 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks East Dennis at the 19th national percentile — 8 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
Most of East Dennis's buildings (59% of 2,557) 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.
East Dennis against the rest of the country
East Dennis's 62nd-percentile standing inside Massachusetts outpaces its 27th 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 Dennis ranks 22,917 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,185 by building count (1 is largest). Within Massachusetts alone, it ranks 96 of 248 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Massachusetts on its state page.
East Dennis and the insurance market
East Dennis's moderate wildfire rating (27th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in East Dennis
With 59% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, East Dennis gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,557 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for East Dennis. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond East Dennis, see the exposure-zones guide.