Oakfield, ME
Oakfield wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Oakfield at the 19th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 365 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Oakfield's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 19th percentile nationally.
Oakfield's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Oakfield: 90.4% of its 365 buildings, versus 9.6% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Oakfield compares
Oakfield's 86th-percentile standing inside Maine outpaces its 19th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Oakfield ranks 25,652 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,960 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maine alone, it ranks 23 of 155 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maine on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Oakfield
At the 19th national percentile, Oakfield 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 Oakfield
With 90.4% of Oakfield 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 Oakfield's 25,652-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Oakfield, see the exposure-zones guide.