Broomes Island, MD
Broomes Island, MD's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Broomes Island sits at the 67th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 282 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Broomes Island at the 66th percentile, close to its 67th-percentile risk score.
Where Broomes Island's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 74.5% of Broomes Island's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 11.4% Indirect share and far above its 14.2% Minimal share — a profile where 210 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Broomes Island compares
Within Maryland, Broomes Island ranks higher (91st percentile) than it does nationally (67th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Broomes Island ranks 10,559 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,118 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maryland alone, it ranks 50 of 527 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maryland on its state page.
Broomes Island and the insurance market
At the 67th percentile nationally, Broomes Island carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 74.5% of Broomes Island 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.
More on how this number was built
Broomes Island's 67th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Broomes Island, see the exposure-zones guide.