Milford, ME
Milford, ME's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Milford's 1,314 buildings earn a 9th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Milford's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 8th percentile nationally.
Where Milford's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Milford (56.1% of 1,314 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 43.6% sit in the Direct zone.
How Milford compares
Compare Milford's two percentiles: 43rd within Maine, only 9th nationally — a gap of 34 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Milford ranks 28,614 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,994 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maine alone, it ranks 89 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 9th national percentile, Milford 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
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Milford (56.1% 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
Milford's 9th-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 Milford, see the exposure-zones guide.