Croom, MD
How exposed is Croom to wildfire?
Croom's 2,586 buildings earn a 44th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Croom at the 43rd percentile, close to its 44th-percentile risk score.
Where Croom's buildings actually sit
Of Croom's 2,586 counted buildings, 97.3% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Croom compares
Croom's 64th-percentile standing inside Maryland outpaces its 44th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Croom ranks 17,548 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,128 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maryland alone, it ranks 192 of 527 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maryland on its state page.
Croom and the insurance market
Croom's elevated rating (44th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Croom (97.3%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,586 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Croom. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Croom, see the exposure-zones guide.