Grasonville, MD
Grasonville, MD's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Grasonville sits at the 47th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,778 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Grasonville at the 46th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Grasonville's buildings actually sit
1,778 buildings are counted in Grasonville, and 58% 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% rated Minimal.
How Grasonville compares
Compare Grasonville's two percentiles: 67th within Maryland, only 47th nationally — a gap of 19 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Grasonville ranks 16,607 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,131 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maryland alone, it ranks 178 of 527 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maryland on its state page.
Grasonville and the insurance market
Grasonville's elevated wildfire rating (47th 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
Grasonville's 58% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Grasonville's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,778 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Grasonville. The exposure-zones guide covers what Grasonville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.