Rockland, ME
Rockland wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Rockland lands at the 11th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 3,793 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Rockland's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 10th percentile nationally.
Rockland's building exposure, zone by zone
3,793 buildings are counted in Rockland, and 73.2% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 18.9% in Direct exposure or the 7.9% rated Minimal.
Rockland against the rest of the country
Within Maine, Rockland ranks higher (54th percentile) than it does nationally (11th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rockland ranks 28,171 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,430 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maine alone, it ranks 72 of 155 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maine on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Rockland
At the 11th national percentile, Rockland 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 Rockland
Because 73.2% of Rockland's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Rockland's 11th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Rockland, see the exposure-zones guide.