Woonsocket, RI
Woonsocket, RI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Woonsocket at the 22nd national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 10,802 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Woonsocket's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 20th percentile nationally.
Where Woonsocket's buildings actually sit
91.6% of Woonsocket's 10,802 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 2.9% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself. At 10,802 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Woonsocket against the rest of the country
Woonsocket's 69th-percentile standing inside Rhode Island outpaces its 22nd 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, Woonsocket ranks 24,501 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,466 by building count (1 is largest). Within Rhode Island alone, it ranks 12 of 36 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Rhode Island on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Woonsocket
Woonsocket's moderate wildfire rating (22nd 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
Woonsocket's 91.6% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Woonsocket's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Woonsocket's 24,501-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Woonsocket's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.