Accokeek, MD
Accokeek wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Accokeek at the 40th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 6,238 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Accokeek at the 40th 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
6,238 buildings are counted in Accokeek, and 76.8% 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% rated Minimal. At 6,238 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How Accokeek compares
Accokeek's 59th-percentile standing inside Maryland outpaces its 40th 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, Accokeek ranks 18,782 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,779 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maryland alone, it ranks 218 of 527 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maryland on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Accokeek
Accokeek's elevated wildfire rating (40th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 76.8% of Accokeek 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 Accokeek's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Accokeek's 18,782-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Accokeek's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.