Freeport, ME
Freeport wildfire risk explained
Freeport's 657 buildings earn a 9th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Freeport at the 9th percentile, close to its 9th-percentile risk score.
Where Freeport's buildings actually sit
Most of Freeport's buildings (54%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Where Freeport ranks
Within Maine, Freeport ranks higher (41st percentile) than it does nationally (9th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Freeport ranks 28,646 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,102 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maine alone, it ranks 92 of 155 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maine on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Freeport
Freeport's low rating (9th 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
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Freeport (54% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Freeport's 9th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Freeport, see the exposure-zones guide.