Guilford, ME
Guilford, ME's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Guilford lands at the 7th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 514 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Guilford at the 7th percentile, close to its 7th-percentile risk score.
Guilford's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 50.8% of Guilford's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 49.2% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 261 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Guilford ranks
There's little gap between Guilford's 7th national percentile and its 13th percentile inside Maine, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Guilford ranks 29,249 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,122 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maine alone, it ranks 132 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
Guilford's low rating (7th 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
Because Direct exposure dominates in Guilford (50.8%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Guilford's 29,249-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Guilford, see the exposure-zones guide.