Garrett Park, MD
Garrett Park, MD's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Garrett Park sits at the 8th 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 406 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Garrett Park at the 8th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Garrett Park's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Garrett Park: 79.1% of its 406 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 20.9% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Garrett Park against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Garrett Park's 8th national percentile and its 2nd percentile inside Maryland, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Garrett Park ranks 29,155 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,096 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maryland alone, it ranks 517 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
At the 8th national percentile, Garrett Park rates low 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 Garrett Park
With 79.1% of Garrett Park 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 406 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Garrett Park. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Garrett Park, see the exposure-zones guide.