Pittsfield, ME
How exposed is Pittsfield to wildfire?
USFS scores Pittsfield at the 9th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 1,717 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Pittsfield at the 8th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Pittsfield's buildings actually sit
Most of Pittsfield's buildings (63.6%) 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.
Pittsfield against the rest of the country
Within Maine, Pittsfield ranks higher (35th percentile) than it does nationally (9th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Pittsfield ranks 28,772 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,359 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maine alone, it ranks 101 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, Pittsfield rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Pittsfield (63.6% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,717 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Pittsfield. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Pittsfield, see the exposure-zones guide.