Jessup, MD
How exposed is Jessup to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Jessup lands at the 26th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 1,758 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Jessup at the 25th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Jessup's buildings actually sit
Only 38% of Jessup's 1,758 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 62% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
How Jessup compares
Jessup's risk sits at a similar level relative to Maryland (37th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (26th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Jessup ranks 23,448 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,195 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maryland alone, it ranks 335 of 527 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maryland on its state page.
Jessup and the insurance market
At the 26th national percentile, Jessup 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 Jessup
Even with 62% of Jessup outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Jessup's 26th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Jessup, see the exposure-zones guide.