Little Falls, ME
Little Falls wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Little Falls at the 18th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 400 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Little Falls at the 19th percentile, close to its 18th-percentile risk score.
Where Little Falls's buildings actually sit
400 buildings are counted in Little Falls, and 54.3% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
How Little Falls compares
Compare Little Falls's two percentiles: 85th within Maine, only 18th nationally — a gap of 67 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Little Falls ranks 25,713 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,210 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maine alone, it ranks 24 of 155 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maine on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Little Falls
At the 18th national percentile, Little Falls rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Little Falls's 54.3% 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 Little Falls's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 400 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Little Falls. The exposure-zones guide covers what Little Falls's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.