Crisfield, MD
Crisfield, MD's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Crisfield at the 92nd national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 1,532 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Crisfield's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 88th percentile nationally.
Crisfield's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Crisfield's buildings (42.6%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
How Crisfield compares
There's little gap between Crisfield's 92nd national percentile and its 98th percentile inside Maryland, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Crisfield ranks 2,677 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,028 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maryland alone, it ranks 14 of 527 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maryland on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Crisfield
Crisfield's very high rating (92nd percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Crisfield's 42.6% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Crisfield's figures come from
Crisfield's 92nd-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 Crisfield's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.