Mattapoisett Center, MA
Mattapoisett Center, MA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Mattapoisett Center lands at the 18th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 2,100 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Mattapoisett Center at the 17th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
71.8% of Mattapoisett Center's 2,100 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 27.4% Direct and 0.8% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Mattapoisett Center against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Mattapoisett Center's 18th national percentile and its 15th percentile inside Massachusetts, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mattapoisett Center ranks 25,844 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,192 by building count (1 is largest). Within Massachusetts alone, it ranks 211 of 248 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Massachusetts on its state page.
Mattapoisett Center and the insurance market
Mattapoisett Center's low rating (18th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Mattapoisett Center (71.8% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Mattapoisett Center's 18th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Mattapoisett Center, see the exposure-zones guide.