Marshfield, MA
Marshfield, MA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Marshfield sits at the 21st percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,804 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Marshfield's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 18th percentile nationally.
Marshfield's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Marshfield (51.2% of 1,804 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 48.8% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Marshfield ranks
There's little gap between Marshfield's 21st national percentile and its 25th percentile inside Massachusetts, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Marshfield ranks 24,964 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,048 by building count (1 is largest). Within Massachusetts alone, it ranks 187 of 248 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Massachusetts on its state page.
Marshfield and the insurance market
Marshfield's moderate wildfire rating (21st percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Marshfield
Because 51.2% of Marshfield'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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,804 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Marshfield. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Marshfield, see the exposure-zones guide.