Cedar Heights, MD
Cedar Heights, MD's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Cedar Heights sits at the 25th 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 466 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 Cedar Heights at the 26th percentile, close to its 25th-percentile risk score.
Where Cedar Heights's buildings actually sit
Most of Cedar Heights's buildings (92.3% of 466) 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.
Cedar Heights against the rest of the country
Cedar Heights scores 25th nationally and 35th 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, Cedar Heights ranks 23,601 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,958 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maryland alone, it ranks 341 of 527 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maryland on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Cedar Heights
Cedar Heights's moderate rating (25th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 92.3% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Cedar Heights gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Cedar Heights's figures come from
Cedar Heights's 25th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Cedar Heights's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.