Yarmouth, ME
Yarmouth, ME's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Yarmouth lands at the 13th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 2,367 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Yarmouth at the 12th percentile, close to its 13th-percentile risk score.
Yarmouth's building exposure, zone by zone
2,367 buildings are counted in Yarmouth, and 55.1% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0.9% rated Minimal.
Where Yarmouth ranks
Yarmouth's 63rd-percentile standing inside Maine outpaces its 13th 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, Yarmouth ranks 27,510 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,573 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maine alone, it ranks 58 of 155 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maine on its state page.
Yarmouth and the insurance market
At the 13th national percentile, Yarmouth rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Yarmouth's 55.1% 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.
Where Yarmouth's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Yarmouth's 27,510-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Yarmouth's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.