Mapleton, ME
Mapleton wildfire risk explained
Mapleton's 420 buildings earn a 10th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Mapleton at the 10th percentile, close to its 10th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in Mapleton (53.3% of 420 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 46.7% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Mapleton ranks
Within Maine, Mapleton ranks higher (51st percentile) than it does nationally (10th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mapleton ranks 28,370 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,818 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maine alone, it ranks 79 of 155 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maine on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Mapleton
At the 10th national percentile, Mapleton 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 Mapleton
Because 53.3% of Mapleton's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 420 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Mapleton. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Mapleton, see the exposure-zones guide.