East Riverdale, MD
How exposed is East Riverdale to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, East Riverdale lands at the 26th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 3,280 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, East Riverdale's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 26th percentile nationally.
Where East Riverdale's buildings actually sit
Only 14.2% of East Riverdale's 3,280 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 85.9% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Where East Riverdale ranks
There's little gap between East Riverdale's 26th national percentile and its 38th percentile inside Maryland, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, East Riverdale ranks 23,317 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,071 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maryland alone, it ranks 329 of 527 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maryland on its state page.
East Riverdale and the insurance market
East Riverdale's moderate rating (26th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in East Riverdale
Even with 85.9% of East Riverdale outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where East Riverdale's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind East Riverdale's 23,317-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what East Riverdale's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.