Foster Center, RI
Foster Center, RI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Foster Center sits at the 33rd 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 190 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Foster Center at the 30th percentile, close to its 33rd-percentile risk score.
Where Foster Center's buildings actually sit
190 buildings are counted in Foster Center, and 100% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
How Foster Center compares
Foster Center's 94th-percentile standing inside Rhode Island outpaces its 33rd 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, Foster Center ranks 21,031 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,259 by building count (1 is largest). Within Rhode Island alone, it ranks 3 of 36 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Rhode Island on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 33rd national percentile, Foster Center 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 Foster Center
Because Direct exposure dominates in Foster Center (100%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Foster Center's figures come from
Foster Center's 33rd-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 Foster Center's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.