Bridgton, ME
Bridgton wildfire risk explained
Bridgton 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 1,387 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 Bridgton at the 14th percentile, close to its 14th-percentile risk score.
Where Bridgton's buildings actually sit
Of Bridgton's 1,387 counted buildings, 71.3% carry Direct exposure and only 1.1% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Bridgton compares
Within Maine, Bridgton ranks higher (66th percentile) than it does nationally (14th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bridgton ranks 27,261 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,683 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maine alone, it ranks 53 of 155 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maine on its state page.
Bridgton and the insurance market
Bridgton's low rating (14th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Bridgton (71.3%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Bridgton's figures come from
Bridgton's 14th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Bridgton's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.