Harrisville, RI
How exposed is Harrisville to wildfire?
Harrisville's 527 buildings earn a 31st-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.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Harrisville at the 27th percentile, close to its 31st-percentile risk score.
Harrisville's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Harrisville (61.9% of 527 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 38.1% sit in the Direct zone.
How Harrisville compares
Harrisville's 83rd-percentile standing inside Rhode Island outpaces its 31st 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, Harrisville ranks 21,759 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,913 by building count (1 is largest). Within Rhode Island alone, it ranks 7 of 36 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Rhode Island on its state page.
Harrisville and the insurance market
Harrisville's moderate rating (31st percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Harrisville
Harrisville's 61.9% 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 527 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Harrisville. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Harrisville, see the exposure-zones guide.