Orange, MA
How exposed is Orange to wildfire?
Orange's 1,797 buildings earn a 23rd-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.)
Separately from the risk score above, Orange's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 22nd percentile nationally.
Where Orange's buildings actually sit
64.4% of Orange's 1,797 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 35.6% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Orange ranks
There's little gap between Orange's 23rd national percentile and its 34th percentile inside Massachusetts, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Orange ranks 24,294 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,075 by building count (1 is largest). Within Massachusetts alone, it ranks 164 of 248 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Massachusetts on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Orange's moderate wildfire rating (23rd percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Orange
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Orange (64.4% 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Orange's 24,294-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Orange, see the exposure-zones guide.