Dixfield, ME
Dixfield, ME's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Dixfield lands at the 7th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 819 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Dixfield at the 7th 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
819 buildings are counted in Dixfield, and 67.6% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 32.4% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
How Dixfield compares
There's little gap between Dixfield's 7th national percentile and its 10th percentile inside Maine, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Dixfield ranks 29,280 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,463 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maine alone, it ranks 137 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
Dixfield's low rating (7th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Dixfield
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Dixfield (67.6% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Dixfield's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Dixfield's 29,280-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Dixfield's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.