Winslow, ME
Winslow, ME's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Winslow at the 7th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 2,547 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Winslow at the 7th percentile, close to its 7th-percentile risk score.
Winslow's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Winslow's buildings (74.6%) 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.
Where Winslow ranks
There's little gap between Winslow's 7th national percentile and its 10th percentile inside Maine, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Winslow ranks 29,306 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,208 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maine alone, it ranks 141 of 155 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maine on its state page.
Winslow and the insurance market
Winslow's low rating (7th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Winslow
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Winslow (74.6% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Winslow's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Winslow's 29,306-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Winslow's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.