South Duxbury, MA
How exposed is South Duxbury to wildfire?
South Duxbury's 1,806 buildings earn a 19th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts South Duxbury at the 15th percentile, close to its 19th-percentile risk score.
South Duxbury's building exposure, zone by zone
Of South Duxbury's 1,806 counted buildings, 56.8% carry Direct exposure and only 14% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
South Duxbury against the rest of the country
There's little gap between South Duxbury's 19th national percentile and its 21st percentile inside Massachusetts, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, South Duxbury ranks 25,434 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,044 by building count (1 is largest). Within Massachusetts alone, it ranks 197 of 248 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Massachusetts on its state page.
South Duxbury and the insurance market
South Duxbury's low wildfire rating (19th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 56.8% of South Duxbury in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where South Duxbury's figures come from
South Duxbury's 19th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what South Duxbury's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.