Medfield, MA
How exposed is Medfield to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Medfield lands at the 34th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 2,375 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Medfield at the 29th national percentile — 5 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Medfield's buildings actually sit
2,375 buildings are counted in Medfield, and 68% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 32% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
How Medfield compares
Within Massachusetts, Medfield ranks higher (88th percentile) than it does nationally (34th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Medfield ranks 20,895 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,558 by building count (1 is largest). Within Massachusetts alone, it ranks 30 of 248 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Massachusetts on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Medfield
At the 34th national percentile, Medfield rates moderate 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
Medfield's 68% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Medfield's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Medfield's 20,895-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Medfield's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.