Corinna, ME
Corinna wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Corinna at the 8th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 485 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Corinna at the 8th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in Corinna (54.2% of 485 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 45.8% sit in the Direct zone.
Corinna against the rest of the country
Corinna's 29th-percentile standing inside Maine outpaces its 8th 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, Corinna ranks 28,903 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,611 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maine alone, it ranks 110 of 155 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maine on its state page.
Corinna and the insurance market
Corinna'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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Corinna (54.2% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Corinna's 8th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Corinna, see the exposure-zones guide.