Boothbay Harbor, ME
How exposed is Boothbay Harbor to wildfire?
Boothbay Harbor's 867 buildings earn a 7th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Boothbay Harbor's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 6th percentile nationally.
Where Boothbay Harbor's buildings actually sit
Most of Boothbay Harbor's buildings (63.4%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Where Boothbay Harbor ranks
Boothbay Harbor scores 7th nationally and 1st within Maine — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Boothbay Harbor ranks 29,469 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,013 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maine alone, it ranks 153 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 7th national percentile, Boothbay Harbor rates low 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
Because 63.4% of Boothbay Harbor's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 867 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Boothbay Harbor. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Boothbay Harbor, see the exposure-zones guide.