Bucksport, ME
Bucksport, ME's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Bucksport lands at the 10th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 1,694 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Bucksport's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 10th percentile nationally.
Where Bucksport's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Bucksport: 57.9% of its 1,694 buildings, versus 41.9% Indirect and 0.2% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Bucksport ranks
Within Maine, Bucksport ranks higher (47th percentile) than it does nationally (10th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bucksport ranks 28,433 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,437 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maine alone, it ranks 83 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 10th national percentile, Bucksport rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Bucksport's 57.9% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
Bucksport's 10th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Bucksport, see the exposure-zones guide.