Fort Fairfield, ME
Fort Fairfield wildfire risk explained
Fort Fairfield sits at the 12th 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 1,025 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 Fort Fairfield at the 12th percentile, close to its 12th-percentile risk score.
Fort Fairfield's building exposure, zone by zone
63.5% of Fort Fairfield's 1,025 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 36.5% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Fort Fairfield ranks
Fort Fairfield's 62nd-percentile standing inside Maine outpaces its 12th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Fort Fairfield ranks 27,672 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,756 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maine alone, it ranks 60 of 155 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maine on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Fort Fairfield
Fort Fairfield's low wildfire rating (12th 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.
Hardening a home in Fort Fairfield
Fort Fairfield's 63.5% 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 Fort Fairfield's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Fort Fairfield's 27,672-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Fort Fairfield's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.