Norridgewock, ME
Norridgewock, ME's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Norridgewock at the 7th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 1,061 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Norridgewock's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 8th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
70% of Norridgewock's 1,061 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 743 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 29.8% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0.2% are Minimal.
Where Norridgewock ranks
Norridgewock's risk sits at a similar level relative to Maine (20th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (7th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Norridgewock ranks 29,190 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,514 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maine alone, it ranks 125 of 155 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maine on its state page.
Norridgewock and the insurance market
Norridgewock's low wildfire rating (7th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
With 70% of Norridgewock 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
Norridgewock's 7th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Norridgewock, see the exposure-zones guide.