Edesville, MD
Edesville, MD's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Edesville at the 32nd national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 111 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Edesville at the 30th percentile, close to its 32nd-percentile risk score.
Where Edesville's buildings actually sit
71.2% of Edesville's 111 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 79 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 28.8% are Minimal.
Edesville against the rest of the country
Edesville's 49th-percentile standing inside Maryland outpaces its 32nd 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, Edesville ranks 21,426 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,591 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maryland alone, it ranks 267 of 527 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maryland on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Edesville
Edesville's moderate rating (32nd 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 Edesville
With 71.2% of Edesville 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 111 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Edesville. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Edesville, see the exposure-zones guide.