Richmond, ME
How exposed is Richmond to wildfire?
Richmond sits at the 9th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,034 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Richmond's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 9th percentile nationally.
Richmond's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Richmond's 1,034 counted buildings, 56.5% carry Direct exposure and only 0.1% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Richmond ranks
Richmond's 38th-percentile standing inside Maine outpaces its 9th 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, Richmond ranks 28,712 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,697 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maine alone, it ranks 97 of 155 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maine on its state page.
Richmond and the insurance market
At the 9th national percentile, Richmond 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 Richmond
Richmond's 56.5% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
Richmond'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 direct exposure implies beyond Richmond, see the exposure-zones guide.