Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
How exposed is Aberdeen Proving Ground to wildfire?
Aberdeen Proving Ground's 1,133 buildings earn a 36th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Aberdeen Proving Ground at the 33rd national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in Aberdeen Proving Ground (69.6% of 1,133 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 29.1% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Aberdeen Proving Ground ranks
Aberdeen Proving Ground's 54th-percentile standing inside Maryland outpaces its 36th 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, Aberdeen Proving Ground ranks 20,324 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,058 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maryland alone, it ranks 244 of 527 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maryland on its state page.
Aberdeen Proving Ground and the insurance market
At the 36th national percentile, Aberdeen Proving Ground rates moderate 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
Aberdeen Proving Ground's 69.6% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Aberdeen Proving Ground's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,133 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Aberdeen Proving Ground. The exposure-zones guide covers what Aberdeen Proving Ground's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.