Falmouth Foreside, ME
Falmouth Foreside, ME's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Falmouth Foreside's 672 buildings earn a 12th-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, Falmouth Foreside's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 11th percentile nationally.
Where Falmouth Foreside's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Falmouth Foreside: 63.7% of its 672 buildings, versus 3.3% Indirect and 33% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Falmouth Foreside compares
Compare Falmouth Foreside's two percentiles: 56th within Maine, only 12th nationally — a gap of 44 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Falmouth Foreside ranks 27,885 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,950 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maine alone, it ranks 69 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
At the 12th national percentile, Falmouth Foreside rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 63.7% of Falmouth Foreside 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.
Where Falmouth Foreside's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 672 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Falmouth Foreside. The exposure-zones guide covers what Falmouth Foreside's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.