Easton, MD
Easton wildfire risk explained
Easton's 6,800 buildings earn a 58th-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 Easton at the 59th percentile, close to its 58th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
58.8% of Easton's 6,800 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 22.4% Direct and 18.8% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone. At 6,800 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Easton ranks
Easton's 82nd-percentile standing inside Maryland outpaces its 58th 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, Easton ranks 13,212 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,544 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maryland alone, it ranks 94 of 527 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maryland on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Easton
At the 58th national percentile, Easton rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 58.8% of Easton's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 6,800 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Easton. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Easton, see the exposure-zones guide.