Berwick, ME
Berwick, ME's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Berwick lands at the 23rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 856 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Berwick at the 21st percentile, close to its 23rd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
856 buildings are counted in Berwick, and 59.5% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 40.5% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
How Berwick compares
Berwick's 90th-percentile standing inside Maine outpaces its 23rd 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, Berwick ranks 24,292 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,118 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maine alone, it ranks 16 of 155 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maine on its state page.
Berwick and the insurance market
At the 23rd national percentile, Berwick rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Berwick's 59.5% 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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Berwick's 24,292-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Berwick, see the exposure-zones guide.