Forestville, MD
Forestville, MD's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Forestville sits at the 26th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 4,181 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Forestville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 25th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
83.9% of Forestville's 4,181 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 14.6% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Forestville against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Forestville's 26th national percentile and its 36th percentile inside Maryland, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Forestville ranks 23,483 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,070 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maryland alone, it ranks 338 of 527 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maryland on its state page.
Forestville and the insurance market
At the 26th national percentile, Forestville rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Forestville
With 83.9% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Forestville gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Forestville's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Forestville's 23,483-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Forestville's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.