Langley Park, MD
Langley Park, MD's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Langley Park sits at the 23rd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,662 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Langley Park's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 24th percentile nationally.
Langley Park's building exposure, zone by zone
87.9% of Langley Park's 1,662 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 12.2% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
How Langley Park compares
There's little gap between Langley Park's 23rd national percentile and its 32nd percentile inside Maryland, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Langley Park ranks 24,390 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,554 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maryland alone, it ranks 361 of 527 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maryland on its state page.
Langley Park and the insurance market
At the 23rd national percentile, Langley Park rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
With 87.9% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Langley Park gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Langley Park's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,662 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Langley Park. The exposure-zones guide covers what Langley Park's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.