Raynham Center, MA
Raynham Center wildfire risk explained
Raynham Center sits at the 14th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,473 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 Raynham Center at the 13th percentile, close to its 14th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
1,473 buildings are counted in Raynham Center, and 51.3% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 48.7% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Raynham Center against the rest of the country
Raynham Center's risk sits at a similar level relative to Massachusetts (4th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (14th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Raynham Center ranks 27,008 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,296 by building count (1 is largest). Within Massachusetts alone, it ranks 238 of 248 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Massachusetts on its state page.
Raynham Center and the insurance market
At the 14th national percentile, Raynham Center rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Raynham Center's 51.3% 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.
More on how this number was built
Raynham Center'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 indirect exposure implies beyond Raynham Center, see the exposure-zones guide.