Breathedsville, MD
Breathedsville, MD's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Breathedsville's 143 buildings earn a 35th-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 Breathedsville at the 36th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Breathedsville's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 88.1% of Breathedsville's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 11.9% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 126 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Breathedsville against the rest of the country
Within Maryland, Breathedsville ranks higher (53rd percentile) than it does nationally (35th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Breathedsville ranks 20,636 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,158 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maryland alone, it ranks 250 of 527 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maryland on its state page.
Breathedsville and the insurance market
Breathedsville's moderate rating (35th 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
Breathedsville's 88.1% 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 Breathedsville's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Breathedsville's 20,636-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Breathedsville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.