Mansfield Center, MA
Mansfield Center, MA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Mansfield Center lands at the 17th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 2,449 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Mansfield Center's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 14th percentile nationally.
Mansfield Center's building exposure, zone by zone
Mansfield Center rates 67.7% Minimal exposure against just 13.4% Direct and 19% Indirect — of 2,449 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
How Mansfield Center compares
There's little gap between Mansfield Center's 17th national percentile and its 12th percentile inside Massachusetts, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mansfield Center ranks 26,130 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,397 by building count (1 is largest). Within Massachusetts alone, it ranks 218 of 248 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Massachusetts on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Mansfield Center
At the 17th national percentile, Mansfield Center rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Even with 67.7% of Mansfield Center outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Mansfield Center's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,449 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Mansfield Center. The exposure-zones guide covers what Mansfield Center's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.