Goldsboro, MD
Goldsboro, MD's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Goldsboro lands at the 38th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 161 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Goldsboro at the 38th percentile, close to its 38th-percentile risk score.
Where Goldsboro's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Goldsboro (65.8% of 161 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 34.2% sit in the Direct zone.
How Goldsboro compares
Within Maryland, Goldsboro ranks higher (57th percentile) than it does nationally (38th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Goldsboro ranks 19,534 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,386 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maryland alone, it ranks 227 of 527 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maryland on its state page.
Goldsboro and the insurance market
Goldsboro's moderate wildfire rating (38th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Goldsboro (65.8% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Goldsboro's 38th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Goldsboro, see the exposure-zones guide.