Edmonston, MD
How exposed is Edmonston to wildfire?
Edmonston's 493 buildings earn a 21st-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Edmonston at the 23rd percentile, close to its 21st-percentile risk score.
Edmonston's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Edmonston's buildings (92.9% of 493) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
How Edmonston compares
Edmonston's risk sits at a similar level relative to Maryland (29th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (21st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Edmonston ranks 24,807 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,473 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maryland alone, it ranks 376 of 527 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maryland on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Edmonston's moderate wildfire rating (21st 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.
Hardening a home in Edmonston
With 92.9% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Edmonston gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
Edmonston's 21st-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Edmonston, see the exposure-zones guide.