Lee, MA
How exposed is Lee to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Lee at the 18th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 877 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Lee's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 18th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
52.8% of Lee's 877 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 47.2% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Lee compares
There's little gap between Lee's 18th national percentile and its 13th percentile inside Massachusetts, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lee ranks 25,906 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,932 by building count (1 is largest). Within Massachusetts alone, it ranks 215 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
Lee's low rating (18th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Lee (52.8% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Lee's 18th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Lee, see the exposure-zones guide.