Mexico, ME
Mexico, ME's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Mexico lands at the 7th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 1,173 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Mexico at the 7th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Mexico's buildings actually sit
Most of Mexico's buildings (67.4%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
How Mexico compares
Mexico scores 7th nationally and 8th within Maine — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mexico ranks 29,345 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,808 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maine alone, it ranks 142 of 155 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maine on its state page.
Mexico and the insurance market
At the 7th national percentile, Mexico rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 67.4% of Mexico'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.
Where Mexico's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,173 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Mexico. The exposure-zones guide covers what Mexico's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.