Clinton, ME
Clinton wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Clinton at the 8th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 815 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Clinton at the 8th percentile, close to its 8th-percentile risk score.
Where Clinton's buildings actually sit
72.4% of Clinton's 815 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 590 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 27.6% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Clinton ranks
Compare Clinton's two percentiles: 30th within Maine, only 8th nationally — a gap of 22 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Clinton ranks 28,902 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,503 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maine alone, it ranks 109 of 155 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maine on its state page.
Clinton and the insurance market
Clinton's low wildfire rating (8th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Clinton
Clinton's 72.4% 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.
Where Clinton's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 815 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Clinton. The exposure-zones guide covers what Clinton's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.