Fallston, MD
Fallston wildfire risk explained
Fallston sits at the 16th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 4,052 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Fallston at the 14th percentile, close to its 16th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
4,052 buildings are counted in Fallston, and 97.7% 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.
How Fallston compares
Fallston scores 16th nationally and 16th 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, Fallston ranks 26,629 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,188 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maryland alone, it ranks 444 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
Fallston's low rating (16th 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 Fallston
Because Direct exposure dominates in Fallston (97.7%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Fallston's 16th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Fallston, see the exposure-zones guide.