Plymouth, MA
Plymouth wildfire risk explained
Plymouth's 2,597 buildings earn a 22nd-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, Plymouth's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 16th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS puts 49.9% of Plymouth's 2,597 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 9.7% Direct and 40.4% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Plymouth ranks
Plymouth's risk sits at a similar level relative to Massachusetts (27th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (22nd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Plymouth ranks 24,651 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,108 by building count (1 is largest). Within Massachusetts alone, it ranks 180 of 248 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Massachusetts on its state page.
Plymouth and the insurance market
At the 22nd national percentile, Plymouth rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Plymouth
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Plymouth (49.9% 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
Plymouth's 22nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Plymouth, see the exposure-zones guide.