Darnestown, MD
Darnestown wildfire risk explained
Darnestown's 2,787 buildings earn a 20th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Darnestown's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 20th percentile nationally.
Darnestown's building exposure, zone by zone
2,787 buildings are counted in Darnestown, and 92.5% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
How Darnestown compares
Darnestown's risk sits at a similar level relative to Maryland (26th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (20th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Darnestown ranks 25,119 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,791 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maryland alone, it ranks 392 of 527 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maryland on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 20th national percentile, Darnestown rates moderate 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 Darnestown
With 92.5% of Darnestown in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,787 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Darnestown. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Darnestown, see the exposure-zones guide.