Casco, ME
Casco, ME's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Casco's 403 buildings earn a 17th-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, Casco's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 17th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Casco: 94.8% of its 403 buildings, versus 3.2% Indirect and 2% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Casco ranks
Casco's 79th-percentile standing inside Maine outpaces its 17th 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, Casco ranks 26,159 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,152 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maine alone, it ranks 33 of 155 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maine on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Casco
Casco's low rating (17th 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
With 94.8% of Casco in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Casco's 26,159-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Casco, see the exposure-zones guide.