Greenville, ME
How exposed is Greenville to wildfire?
Greenville sits at the 8th 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 1,210 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Greenville at the 8th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Greenville's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Greenville: 49.3% of its 1,210 buildings, versus 48.8% Indirect and 1.9% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Greenville compares
Greenville's 28th-percentile standing inside Maine outpaces its 8th 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, Greenville ranks 28,989 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,589 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maine alone, it ranks 112 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
Greenville's low wildfire rating (8th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Greenville's 49.3% 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.
Where Greenville's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Greenville's 28,989-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Greenville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.