Eden, MD
Eden, MD's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Eden lands at the 82nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 472 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Eden's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 82nd percentile nationally.
Eden's building exposure, zone by zone
472 buildings are counted in Eden, and 83.1% 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.
Where Eden ranks
Eden scores 82nd nationally and 96th within Maryland — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Eden ranks 5,675 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,838 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maryland alone, it ranks 22 of 527 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maryland on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Eden
Eden's 82nd-percentile, very high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
What would actually reduce this score
Eden's 83.1% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Eden's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 472 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Eden. The exposure-zones guide covers what Eden's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.