Fairfield, ME
Fairfield, ME's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Fairfield at the 8th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 1,270 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Fairfield's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 8th percentile nationally.
Where Fairfield's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 91.3% of Fairfield's 1,270 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 7.2% Direct and 1.4% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Fairfield against the rest of the country
Compare Fairfield's two percentiles: 23rd within Maine, only 8th nationally — a gap of 16 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Fairfield ranks 29,119 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,243 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maine alone, it ranks 118 of 155 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maine on its state page.
Fairfield and the insurance market
Fairfield's low rating (8th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Fairfield's 91.3% 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,270 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Fairfield. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Fairfield, see the exposure-zones guide.