Abingdon, MD
How exposed is Abingdon to wildfire?
Abingdon sits at the 22nd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,883 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Abingdon at the 21st national percentile — 1 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
Direct exposure dominates in Abingdon: 48.7% of its 1,883 buildings, versus 38% Indirect and 13.3% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Abingdon against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Abingdon's 22nd national percentile and its 31st percentile inside Maryland, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Abingdon ranks 24,583 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,812 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maryland alone, it ranks 365 of 527 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maryland on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Abingdon's moderate rating (22nd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Abingdon (48.7%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,883 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Abingdon. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Abingdon, see the exposure-zones guide.