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Counties With the Lowest Wildfire Risk in Massachusetts (2026)

Suffolk has the lowest wildfire risk of any county in Massachusetts, at 7.0, followed by Middlesex and Essex (data vintage 2024). The full ranking of the top 14 counties is below.

Data updated 2024 - Source: FEMA National Risk Index

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Lowest counties for wildfire risk in Massachusetts

Top 14 of 14 counties with data.

Ranked by wildfire risk (FEMA National Risk Index, 2024), lowest first.

Lowest counties for wildfire risk in Massachusetts
RankCountyValue
1Suffolk7.0
2Middlesex31.9
3Essex35.9
4Bristol37.9
5Norfolk38.5
6Hampden38.6
7Berkshire44.0
8Worcester44.1
9Plymouth49.7
10Hampshire51.7
11Nantucket57.5
12Franklin61.6
13Barnstable63.2
14Dukes75.0

How this ranking works

This page ranks Massachusetts counties by wildfire risk, sorted so the lowest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For wildfire risk, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh wildfire risk against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of wildfire risk.

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