Bladensburg, MD
How exposed is Bladensburg to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Bladensburg lands at the 21st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 1,153 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Bladensburg's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 22nd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Bladensburg's buildings (95.8% of 1,153) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Bladensburg against the rest of the country
Bladensburg's risk sits at a similar level relative to Maryland (29th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (21st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bladensburg ranks 24,770 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,933 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maryland alone, it ranks 371 of 527 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maryland on its state page.
Bladensburg and the insurance market
At the 21st national percentile, Bladensburg rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Bladensburg
Bladensburg's 95.8% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Bladensburg's 21st-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Bladensburg, see the exposure-zones guide.