Kingstown, MD
Kingstown wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Kingstown lands at the 25th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 911 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Kingstown's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 23rd percentile nationally.
Where Kingstown's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Kingstown: 69.8% of its 911 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 30.2% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Kingstown compares
There's little gap between Kingstown's 25th national percentile and its 35th percentile inside Maryland, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Kingstown ranks 23,732 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,629 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maryland alone, it ranks 345 of 527 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maryland on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Kingstown
Kingstown's moderate rating (25th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Kingstown
Because Direct exposure dominates in Kingstown (69.8%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 911 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Kingstown. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Kingstown, see the exposure-zones guide.