Foxborough, MA
How exposed is Foxborough to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Foxborough at the 27th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 1,738 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 Foxborough at the 22nd percentile, close to its 27th-percentile risk score.
Foxborough's building exposure, zone by zone
1,738 buildings are counted in Foxborough, and 68.9% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 22.9% in Direct exposure or the 8.2% rated Minimal.
Where Foxborough ranks
Within Massachusetts, Foxborough ranks higher (63rd percentile) than it does nationally (27th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Foxborough ranks 22,882 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,273 by building count (1 is largest). Within Massachusetts alone, it ranks 94 of 248 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Massachusetts on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Foxborough
Foxborough's moderate rating (27th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Foxborough's 68.9% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Foxborough's figures come from
Foxborough's 27th-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 Foxborough's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.