Deer Park, MD
Deer Park wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Deer Park lands at the 54th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 249 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Deer Park's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 53rd percentile nationally.
Deer Park's building exposure, zone by zone
78.7% of Deer Park's 249 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 196 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 21.3% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Deer Park ranks
Deer Park's 74th-percentile standing inside Maryland outpaces its 54th 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, Deer Park ranks 14,586 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,169 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maryland alone, it ranks 137 of 527 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maryland on its state page.
Deer Park and the insurance market
Deer Park's elevated wildfire rating (54th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
With 78.7% of Deer Park 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 249 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Deer Park. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Deer Park, see the exposure-zones guide.