Millers Falls, MA
Millers Falls wildfire risk explained
Millers Falls's 544 buildings earn a 32nd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Millers Falls at the 28th percentile, close to its 32nd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS puts 75.2% of Millers Falls's 544 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 24.8% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Millers Falls ranks
Millers Falls's 85th-percentile standing inside Massachusetts outpaces its 32nd national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Millers Falls ranks 21,363 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,656 by building count (1 is largest). Within Massachusetts alone, it ranks 36 of 248 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Massachusetts on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Millers Falls
Millers Falls's moderate rating (32nd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Millers Falls's 75.2% 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 Millers Falls's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 544 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Millers Falls. The exposure-zones guide covers what Millers Falls's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.