Greene, ME
Greene, ME's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Greene's 463 buildings earn a 8th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Greene at the 7th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Greene's buildings actually sit
Of Greene's 463 counted buildings, 86% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Greene compares
Greene scores 8th nationally and 21st within Maine — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Greene ranks 29,154 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,009 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maine alone, it ranks 123 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
Greene's low rating (8th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Greene
Greene's 86% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 463 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Greene. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Greene, see the exposure-zones guide.