Winterport, ME
Winterport, ME's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Winterport at the 9th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 862 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Winterport at the 9th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Winterport's buildings actually sit
Of Winterport's 862 counted buildings, 71% carry Direct exposure and only 0.6% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Winterport compares
Compare Winterport's two percentiles: 37th within Maine, only 9th nationally — a gap of 28 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Winterport ranks 28,743 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,058 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maine alone, it ranks 99 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
Winterport's low wildfire rating (9th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
With 71% of Winterport in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Winterport's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 862 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Winterport. The exposure-zones guide covers what Winterport's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.