Capitol Heights, MD
Capitol Heights wildfire risk explained
Capitol Heights sits at the 27th 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 1,615 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Capitol Heights's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 27th percentile nationally.
Capitol Heights's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Capitol Heights's buildings (86.3% of 1,615) 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.
Capitol Heights against the rest of the country
Capitol Heights scores 27th nationally and 41st within Maryland — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Capitol Heights ranks 22,879 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,712 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maryland alone, it ranks 310 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
At the 27th national percentile, Capitol Heights rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Even with 86.3% of Capitol Heights outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Capitol Heights's 27th-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 Capitol Heights, see the exposure-zones guide.