Farmingdale, ME
Farmingdale, ME's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Farmingdale sits at the 7th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 999 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Farmingdale at the 7th percentile, close to its 7th-percentile risk score.
Where Farmingdale's buildings actually sit
999 buildings are counted in Farmingdale, and 50.7% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
How Farmingdale compares
There's little gap between Farmingdale's 7th national percentile and its 11th percentile inside Maine, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Farmingdale ranks 29,281 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,944 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maine alone, it ranks 138 of 155 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maine on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Farmingdale
At the 7th national percentile, Farmingdale 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 50.7% of Farmingdale 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 Farmingdale's figures come from
Farmingdale's 7th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Farmingdale's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.