Camden, ME
Camden, ME's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Camden lands at the 8th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 2,289 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Camden at the 8th percentile, close to its 8th-percentile risk score.
Camden's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Camden's buildings (67.9%) 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 Camden ranks
Compare Camden's two percentiles: 25th within Maine, only 8th nationally — a gap of 18 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Camden ranks 29,087 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,726 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maine alone, it ranks 114 of 155 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maine on its state page.
Camden and the insurance market
Camden's low rating (8th 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
Camden's 67.9% 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 Camden's figures come from
Camden's 8th-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 Camden's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.