Chevy Chase Village, MD
Chevy Chase Village, MD's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Chevy Chase Village's 801 buildings earn a 14th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Chevy Chase Village's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 13th percentile nationally.
Where Chevy Chase Village's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 68.8% of Chevy Chase Village's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 31.2% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Chevy Chase Village against the rest of the country
Chevy Chase Village scores 14th nationally and 12th 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, Chevy Chase Village ranks 27,041 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,618 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maryland alone, it ranks 461 of 527 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maryland on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Chevy Chase Village
At the 14th national percentile, Chevy Chase Village rates low 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 Chevy Chase Village
Even with 68.8% of Chevy Chase Village 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.
Where Chevy Chase Village's figures come from
Chevy Chase Village's 14th-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 Chevy Chase Village's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.