Lunenburg, MA
Lunenburg wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Lunenburg lands at the 39th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 978 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Lunenburg at the 36th national percentile — 3 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Lunenburg's buildings actually sit
978 buildings are counted in Lunenburg, and 78.4% 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.
Where Lunenburg ranks
Lunenburg's 94th-percentile standing inside Massachusetts outpaces its 39th 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, Lunenburg ranks 19,187 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,088 by building count (1 is largest). Within Massachusetts alone, it ranks 15 of 248 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Massachusetts on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Lunenburg
At the 39th national percentile, Lunenburg rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
With 78.4% of Lunenburg in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Lunenburg's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Lunenburg's 19,187-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Lunenburg's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.