Colesville, MD
Colesville, MD's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Colesville sits at the 12th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 4,829 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Colesville at the 11th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Colesville's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 58.2% of Colesville's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 32.2% Indirect share and far above its 9.6% Minimal share — a profile where 2,812 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Colesville ranks
There's little gap between Colesville's 12th national percentile and its 8th percentile inside Maryland, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Colesville ranks 27,768 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,535 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maryland alone, it ranks 483 of 527 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maryland on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Colesville
At the 12th national percentile, Colesville rates low 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
Colesville's 58.2% 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 Colesville's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Colesville's 27,768-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Colesville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.