Weweantic, MA
Weweantic wildfire risk explained
Weweantic 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 1,068 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Weweantic at the 13th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Weweantic's building exposure, zone by zone
61.7% of Weweantic's 1,068 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 16.8% Direct and 21.5% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Weweantic compares
Weweantic's risk sits at a similar level relative to Massachusetts (5th 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, Weweantic ranks 26,948 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,472 by building count (1 is largest). Within Massachusetts alone, it ranks 235 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
Weweantic's low wildfire rating (14th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Weweantic's 61.7% 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.
Where Weweantic's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Weweantic's 26,948-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Weweantic's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.