Limestone, ME
How exposed is Limestone to wildfire?
USFS scores Limestone at the 12th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 609 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Limestone at the 12th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Limestone's buildings actually sit
609 buildings are counted in Limestone, and 65.5% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 34.5% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
How Limestone compares
Limestone's 59th-percentile standing inside Maine outpaces its 12th 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, Limestone ranks 27,766 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,702 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maine alone, it ranks 64 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
At the 12th national percentile, Limestone rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Limestone
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Limestone (65.5% 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
Limestone's 12th-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 Limestone, see the exposure-zones guide.