Blaine, ME
How exposed is Blaine to wildfire?
Blaine 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 256 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Blaine at the 13th percentile, close to its 14th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
54.7% of Blaine's 256 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 140 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 45.3% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Blaine ranks
Compare Blaine's two percentiles: 68th within Maine, only 14th nationally — a gap of 54 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Blaine ranks 27,105 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,941 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maine alone, it ranks 50 of 155 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maine on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 14th national percentile, Blaine rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Blaine
Because Direct exposure dominates in Blaine (54.7%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Blaine's 27,105-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Blaine, see the exposure-zones guide.