West Kennebunk, ME
West Kennebunk, ME's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, West Kennebunk lands at the 34th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 678 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, West Kennebunk's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 31st percentile nationally.
West Kennebunk's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 70.8% of West Kennebunk's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 29.2% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 480 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How West Kennebunk compares
West Kennebunk's 99th-percentile standing inside Maine outpaces its 34th 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, West Kennebunk ranks 20,794 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,882 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maine alone, it ranks 3 of 155 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maine on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in West Kennebunk
West Kennebunk's moderate rating (34th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
West Kennebunk's 70.8% 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind West Kennebunk's 20,794-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond West Kennebunk, see the exposure-zones guide.