East Millinocket, ME
How exposed is East Millinocket to wildfire?
East Millinocket's 1,027 buildings earn a 10th-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, East Millinocket's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 10th percentile nationally.
Where East Millinocket's buildings actually sit
1,027 buildings are counted in East Millinocket, and 88.4% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 11.6% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
East Millinocket against the rest of the country
Compare East Millinocket's two percentiles: 48th within Maine, only 10th nationally — a gap of 38 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, East Millinocket ranks 28,396 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,744 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maine alone, it ranks 81 of 155 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maine on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in East Millinocket
East Millinocket's low wildfire rating (10th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
East Millinocket's 88.4% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where East Millinocket's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind East Millinocket's 28,396-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what East Millinocket's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.