Fort Kent, ME
Fort Kent, ME's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Fort Kent's 1,298 buildings earn a 11th-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, Fort Kent's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 11th percentile nationally.
Fort Kent's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Fort Kent (67.6% of 1,298 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 32.4% sit in the Direct zone.
Fort Kent against the rest of the country
Within Maine, Fort Kent ranks higher (55th percentile) than it does nationally (11th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Fort Kent ranks 27,983 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,082 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maine alone, it ranks 70 of 155 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maine on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Fort Kent
Fort Kent's low wildfire rating (11th 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
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Fort Kent (67.6% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Fort Kent's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Fort Kent's 27,983-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Fort Kent's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.