Georgetown, MD
Georgetown, MD's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Georgetown's 73 buildings earn a 34th-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 Georgetown at the 33rd percentile, close to its 34th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
73 buildings are counted in Georgetown, and 94.5% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 5.5% rated Minimal.
How Georgetown compares
Georgetown's 53rd-percentile standing inside Maryland outpaces its 34th 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, Georgetown ranks 20,671 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,174 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maryland alone, it ranks 251 of 527 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maryland on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Georgetown
Georgetown's moderate wildfire rating (34th 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 Georgetown
With 94.5% of Georgetown 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 73 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Georgetown. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Georgetown, see the exposure-zones guide.