Milo, ME
Milo, ME's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Milo lands at the 7th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 1,329 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Milo at the 7th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Milo's building exposure, zone by zone
61.9% of Milo's 1,329 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 823 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 38.1% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How Milo compares
Milo scores 7th nationally and 14th 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, Milo ranks 29,252 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,930 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maine alone, it ranks 135 of 155 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maine on its state page.
Milo and the insurance market
At the 7th national percentile, Milo 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 Milo
With 61.9% of Milo in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Milo's 29,252-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Milo, see the exposure-zones guide.