Brewer, ME
Brewer, ME's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Brewer lands at the 9th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 4,616 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Brewer at the 9th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
55.2% of Brewer's 4,616 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 34.8% Direct and 10% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Brewer compares
Brewer's 36th-percentile standing inside Maine outpaces its 9th 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, Brewer ranks 28,771 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,683 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maine alone, it ranks 100 of 155 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maine on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Brewer
Brewer's low rating (9th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Brewer
Brewer's 55.2% 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.
Where Brewer's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Brewer's 28,771-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Brewer's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.