Maine, WI
Maine wildfire risk explained
Maine's 2,152 buildings earn a 23rd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Maine at the 23rd national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Maine's building exposure, zone by zone
2,152 buildings are counted in Maine, and 78.4% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 3.4% rated Minimal.
How Maine compares
Within Wisconsin, Maine ranks higher (43rd percentile) than it does nationally (23rd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Maine ranks 24,222 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,066 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 463 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Maine
Maine's moderate rating (23rd 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
Maine's 78.4% 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 Maine's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,152 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Maine. The exposure-zones guide covers what Maine's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.