North Falmouth, MA
North Falmouth, MA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
North Falmouth sits at the 25th 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 2,940 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts North Falmouth at the 19th percentile, close to its 25th-percentile risk score.
Where North Falmouth's buildings actually sit
Only 31.1% of North Falmouth's 2,940 buildings carry Direct exposure and 16.5% carry Indirect; the remaining 52.5% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
North Falmouth against the rest of the country
Within Massachusetts, North Falmouth ranks higher (43rd percentile) than it does nationally (25th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, North Falmouth ranks 23,669 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,530 by building count (1 is largest). Within Massachusetts alone, it ranks 142 of 248 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Massachusetts on its state page.
North Falmouth and the insurance market
North Falmouth's moderate rating (25th 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 52.5% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, North Falmouth gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
North Falmouth's 25th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond North Falmouth, see the exposure-zones guide.