Leominster, MA
Leominster, MA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Leominster's 13,330 buildings earn a 34th-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.)
Separately from the risk score above, Leominster's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 31st percentile nationally.
Where Leominster's buildings actually sit
Most of Leominster's buildings (65.2%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone. At 13,330 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Leominster ranks
Compare Leominster's two percentiles: 88th within Massachusetts, only 34th nationally — a gap of 54 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Leominster ranks 20,923 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,138 by building count (1 is largest). Within Massachusetts alone, it ranks 31 of 248 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Massachusetts on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Leominster
Leominster's moderate rating (34th 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 Leominster
Because 65.2% of Leominster's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Leominster's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Leominster's 20,923-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Leominster's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.