North Plymouth, MA
North Plymouth wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, North Plymouth lands at the 14th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 1,224 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, North Plymouth's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 10th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of North Plymouth's buildings (93.1% of 1,224) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
How North Plymouth compares
North Plymouth scores 14th nationally and 3rd within Massachusetts — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, North Plymouth ranks 27,229 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,504 by building count (1 is largest). Within Massachusetts alone, it ranks 241 of 248 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Massachusetts on its state page.
North Plymouth and the insurance market
At the 14th national percentile, North Plymouth rates low 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
With 93.1% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, North Plymouth 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 Plymouth's 14th-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 Plymouth, see the exposure-zones guide.