West Yarmouth, MA
West Yarmouth, MA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts West Yarmouth at the 24th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 4,925 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts West Yarmouth at the 15th percentile, close to its 24th-percentile risk score.
West Yarmouth's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 92.9% of West Yarmouth's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 7.2% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
How West Yarmouth compares
West Yarmouth's risk sits at a similar level relative to Massachusetts (39th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (24th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, West Yarmouth ranks 24,018 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,471 by building count (1 is largest). Within Massachusetts alone, it ranks 153 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
West Yarmouth's moderate rating (24th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 92.9% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, West Yarmouth gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where West Yarmouth's figures come from
West Yarmouth's 24th-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 West Yarmouth's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.