Dunstan, ME
How exposed is Dunstan to wildfire?
Dunstan's 872 buildings earn a 15th-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, Dunstan's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 16th percentile nationally.
Where Dunstan's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Dunstan: 55.6% of its 872 buildings, versus 44.4% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Dunstan compares
Within Maine, Dunstan ranks higher (71st percentile) than it does nationally (15th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Dunstan ranks 26,820 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,970 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maine alone, it ranks 45 of 155 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maine on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Dunstan
Dunstan's low rating (15th 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 Dunstan
With 55.6% of Dunstan 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
Dunstan's 15th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Dunstan, see the exposure-zones guide.