Marion Center, MA
Marion Center wildfire risk explained
Marion Center's 856 buildings earn a 15th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Marion Center at the 15th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Marion Center's buildings actually sit
856 buildings are counted in Marion Center, and 83.6% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 14.8% in Direct exposure or the 1.5% rated Minimal.
Marion Center against the rest of the country
Marion Center scores 15th nationally and 8th within Massachusetts — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Marion Center ranks 26,689 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,119 by building count (1 is largest). Within Massachusetts alone, it ranks 229 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
At the 15th national percentile, Marion 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
Because 83.6% of Marion Center'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 Marion Center's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Marion Center's 26,689-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Marion Center's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.