Rutland, MA
How exposed is Rutland to wildfire?
Rutland sits at the 27th 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 1,059 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Rutland at the 27th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Rutland's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Rutland's buildings (55.2%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
How Rutland compares
Rutland's 57th-percentile standing inside Massachusetts outpaces its 27th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rutland ranks 23,068 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,531 by building count (1 is largest). Within Massachusetts alone, it ranks 106 of 248 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Massachusetts on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Rutland
Rutland's moderate rating (27th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Rutland
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Rutland (55.2% 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 Rutland's 23,068-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Rutland, see the exposure-zones guide.